The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institution on the Discworld created by Terry Pratchett. It is distinguished from Thieves' Guilds in other fantasy universes by being completely legal. Note: Some of the information repeated below was taken from the 2002 Discworld Diary, which had a Thieves' Guild theme, and has not been confirmed in any of the Discworld novels, although Pratchett has confirmed it is "official".