thievishness

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During my residence at Long-Island, I raised one year with another, ten cart loads of water-melons, and lost a great many every year besides by the thievishness of the sailors.

From A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself by Smith, Venture

Eb pleaded that it was the newest and poorest member of the Galactic Federation, and should have been protected in its inexperience against his thievishness.

From The Eel by DeFord, Miriam Allen

I saw few ebullitions of temper, much hospitality among the poor, no downright thievishness, but the irresistible tendency to pass bad money—which is accounted a venial failing in the Peninsula.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

Although I have promised not to bring your thievishness to judgment, yet we can never deal with you again.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

The final drink-offering should have been made to Jove or Neptune, not to the god of thievishness and rascality of all kinds.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel