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larceny

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lar·ce·ny  (lärs-n)
n. pl. lar·ce·nies
The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman larcin, theft, from Latin latrcinium, robbery, from latr, robber, mercenary, utimately from Greek latron, pay, hire.]

larceny
Noun
pl -nies Law theft [Old French larcin]
larcenist n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.larcenylarceny - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
breach of trust with fraudulent intent - larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, misapplication, defalcation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
pilferage - the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
shoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
robbery - larceny by threat of violence
biopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
grand larceny, grand theft - larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
petit larceny, petty, petty larceny - larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
skimming - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
rustling - the stealing of cattle
Translations
Spanish larceny [ˈlɑːsənɪ] nlatrocinio
French larceny [ˈlɑːsənɪ] nvol m
German larceny [ˈlɑːsənɪ] nDiebstahl m
Italian larceny [ˈlɑːsənɪ] nfurto

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For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree.
For, the fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering premises, rose before me in the avenging coals.
In another cell, there was a German, sentenced to five years' imprisonment for larceny, two of which had just expired.
 
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