thieveries
- plural of thievery.
Example Sentences
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In Blake's drawing of Brunelleschi, the attacking serpent is not so much an infernal punishment for Brunelleschi's thieveries as a symbol of the envy that made him a thief.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crisis is achieved when the Mayor's thieveries threaten to reflect on his daughter, but there is a boy who loves her and who is able to protect the Mayor's good name for her sake.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pleasure, however, of the visit was occasionally interrupted by the thieveries of many of the inhabitants.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew
"Now, let's ask him about the thieveries that have been going on," suggested Ned Rector.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Patchin, Frank Gee
After Flemister had gone, Lidgerwood was almost sorry that he had not struck at once into the matter of the thieveries.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis
