thiefship

thiefship

English

Etymology

From thief +‎ -ship.

Noun

thiefship (uncountable)

1. (sometimes humorous, sometimes as an address) The office, rank, or title of a thief; thiefhood; thiefdom
   • 1961, Kirke Mechem, ‎James Claude Malin, The Kansas Historical Quarterly - Volume 27 - Page 259:

     The owners of the horses were very much pleased upon recovering their stock, and proposed starting immediately for home without making any search for the thief; but the Sheriff with an eye to giving his thiefship punishment for his wrongs, made search and discovered men whom he supposed to be guilty.