thiefhood

English

Etymology

From thief +‎ -hood.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• thiefness