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larceny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stealing, theft, thievery, thieving |
| Type of | felony |
| Has types | breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, biopiracy, skimming |
| Derivation | larcener, larcenist |
Examples of larceny
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The complaint says Laumbattus was convicted of grand larceny in Florida in 2005.
From the stltoday.com
Henningsen was arrested in June 2006 on a charge of second-degree grand larceny.
From the lohud.com
He was treated at a hospital, and was charged with larceny from a motor vehicle.
From the boston.com
He pled guilty to a single charge of larceny and received three years'probation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you have larceny in your heart, mortgages and houses can be tempting targets.
From the dailyherald.com
He was arrested and charged with larceny, breaking and entering a motor vehicle.
From the bostonherald.com
The woman was charged with grand larceny and possession of a forged instrument.
From the kansas.com
She was expected to be arraigned later on larceny charges in a Manhattan court.
From the omaha.com
Ocequera was charged with fourth-degree attempted grand larceny, a misdemeanor.
From the lohud.com
- The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
- Larceny is a crime involving the wrongful acquisition of the personal property of another person. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law. ...
- Larceny is a comedy film starring Andy Dick, Joshua Leonard, and Tyra Banks.
- The Larceny Project is a set of computer programming languages, specifically Scheme implementations, using the Twobit optimizing Scheme compiler. Larceny is the back-end which compiles to native x86 or SPARC code, Petit Larceny is a Scheme to C compiler and Common Larceny is a Microsoft . ...
- The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently; A larcenous act attributable to an individual
- Obtaining property by fraud or deceit.
- The unlawful taking of money or property belonging to another.
- A form of theft, larceny occurs when one party intentionally takes money or property from another. Grand larceny (usually defined as a theft of property over $500) is considered a felony, while petty larceny (a theft of property worth less than $500) is considered a misdemeanor.
- The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.
