According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
THIEVERY
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
(noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; “the thieving is awful at Kennedy International”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thievery (plural thieveries)
The act of theft, the act of stealing.
(obsolete) That which is stolen.
Source: Wiktionary
Thiev"er*y, n.
1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness. Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. South.
2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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