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German
Etymology
From Middle High German diuberīe, dīberīe, equivalent to Dieb + -erei. Cognate with German Low German Deveree, English thievery.
Noun
Dieberei f (genitive Dieberei, plural Diebereien)
- thievery
- Synonym: Diebstahl
1897, Karl Kautsky, quoting Thomas Müntzer, Hochverursachte Schutzrede [Apology], 1524, quoted in Der Kommunismus im Mittelalter und im Zeitalter der Reformation; English translation from J.L. & E.G. Mulliken, transl., Communism in Central Europe in the Time of the Reformation, 2003:Sieh zu, die Grundsuppe des Wuchers, der Dieberei und Räuberei sein unser Herrn und Fürsten, nehmen alle Kreaturen zum Eigentum: die Fisch im Wasser, die Vögel in der Luft, das Gewächs auf Erden muß alles ihr sein (Jes. 5).- Look ye! Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. The fish in the water, birds in the air, the products of the soil – all must be theirs (Isaiah v.).
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