Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
   1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

            Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally
            good and honest.                      --South.

   2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

thievery
     n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: {larceny},
          {theft}, {thieving}, {stealing}]