thiefhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From thief +‎ -hood.

Noun[edit]

thiefhood (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of a thief; thiefdom
    • 1996, Joseph S. Catalano, Good Faith and Other Essays: Perspectives on a Sartrean Ethics:
      Genet's authenticity is the way he throws back at the world the very thiefhood it would have him accept. The world's thiefhood is ready made; there are crimes and there are laws and jails.

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