thiefship en · NOUN
Etymology
From thief + -ship.
Meanings
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(as an address, humorous, sometimes, uncountable) The office, rank, or title of a thief; thiefhood; thiefdom
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.
1961, Kirke Mechem, James Claude Malin, The Kansas Historical Quarterly - Volume 27 - Page 259: