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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1651-1683
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(Thefry,) Thiefrie, Thievery, n. [e.m.E. theeuery (1568), thieveries pl. (1580), theeuerie (1583); Thef(e n.] The practice of theft, thieving. — 1651 Cramond Ch. Alves 24.
There, carline, you and your bairnes lives by thiefrie 1683 Erskine Diary 13.
Courts to suppress thievery in the Highlands
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