larceny
the wrongful taking of someone's property or goods, removing them from their owner's posession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
Compare Meanings
Click for a side-by-side comparison of meanings. Use the word comparison feature to learn the differences between similar and commonly confused words.
Origin of larceny
1- Compare grand larceny, petty larceny.
Words Nearby larceny
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use larceny in a sentence
Aggravated assaults were up while larcenies and robberies were down.
Metro Transit Police propose ban on passengers arrested for a sex or firearms offense | Justin George | July 13, 2021 | Washington PostLaw enforcement is actually treating it like … they would treat any other type of larceny or any other type of theft.
Wage Theft Is Common for Low-Level Workers, and Officials Are Starting to Take Notice | Jesse Marx and Maya Srikrishnan | May 19, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoMoawad-Barrientos has been charged with two felony counts of larceny by false pretenses and was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Fairfax County jail, before being released on bond.
Former Va. Senate candidate charged with fraudulently practicing law | Justin Jouvenal | May 12, 2021 | Washington PostWith a 27% increase in bike thefts but fewer arrests for bike larceny compared to last year, bikers can’t expect to recover their stolen wheels, and bike theft can be both discouraging and costly.
E-Bikes Are Taking Off—But We Need to Make Space for Them | Patrick Lucas Austin | January 22, 2021 | TimeThe stories take viewers from the women’s childhoods through the ups and downs of their criminal activity, which spans drug trafficking, money fraud, and grand larceny, to their moment of redemption on the other side of the law.
Lil Kim Shares The One Thing She Wants Viewers To Take Away From BET+ Show ‘Trap Queens:’ ‘Everybody Has A Past’ | Brande Victorian | January 14, 2021 | Essence.com
Harris, a resident of Boerum Hill, is charged with two counts of grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
Brooklyn’s ‘Bad Grandma’ Arrested for Purse-Snatching (VIDEO) | Alex Chancey | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA records check showed that he was wanted for grand larceny in Virginia, and he spent several months in jail there.
If you take my stuff without my consent, it's called larceny.
I remained, at that point, unconvinced that Marshall was guilty of the grand larceny count.
Only a handful of counts remained on which to reach a verdict, including the one of grand larceny.
If the finder knows who the owner is or has a reasonable clue to the ownership, which he disregards, he is guilty of larceny.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAt the same time another law was passed, disfranchising all voters who had been found guilty at any time of petty larceny.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyIn the words of the police-captain, he would not add larceny to burglary.
American Sketches | Charles WhibleyThey look upon a well-known name as of the same value as a fire or a case of larceny.
Roland Cashel | Charles James LeverA youth, imperfectly acquainted with English, was charged with the larceny of an overcoat from his fellow-lodger.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for larceny
/ (ˈlɑːsɪnɪ) /
Origin of larceny
1Derived forms of larceny
- larcenist or larcener, noun
- larcenous, adjective
- larcenously, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for larceny
[ (lahr-suh-nee) ]
Theft; taking another person's property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse