t 1 h 4 i 1 e 1 v 4 e 1 r 1 y 4
8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
originFrom thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- thieve 12
- thrive 12
- verity 12
- every 11
- hiver 11
- veery 11
- yirth 11
- hery 10
- hive 10
- hyte 10
- they 10
- tivy 10