thiefness

English

Etymology

From thief +‎ -ness.

Noun

thiefness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state or conduct of a thief; thievery
   • 1987, Mary Ruefle, Life without speaking - Page 79:

     He's high on something he's scrounged, this or that scrap makes him feel clean, clear of his former details: his feeling of thiefness disappears making a little promise it won't happen again in exchange for the core it took to get this innerness [...]

   • 2014, Aston Cooke, Country Duppy & Jonkanoo Jamboree:

     Yuh mad or what? Don't involve me into thiefness.

Anagrams

• heftiness