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Definition of Larceny
1. Noun. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. "The thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Specialized synonyms: Breach Of Trust With Fraudulent Intent, Defalcation, Embezzlement, Misapplication, Misappropriation, Peculation, Pilferage, Shoplifting, Shrinkage, Robbery, Biopiracy, Grand Larceny, Grand Theft, Petit Larceny, Petty, Petty Larceny, Skimming, Rustling
Generic synonyms: Felony
Derivative terms: Larcener, Larcenist, Steal, Thieve, Thieve
Definition of Larceny
1. n. The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
Definition of Larceny
1. Noun. (legal) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) A larcenous act attributable to an individual. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Larceny
1. the felonious taking and removal of another's personal goods [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larceny
Literary usage of Larceny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"In prosecution for grand larceny, it is necessary for the state to prove the ...
The venue of the crime of grand larceny can be proved either by direct or ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"V. Simple larceny is the felonious taking, and carrying away, of the personal goods
... At present we will examine the nature of theft, or simple larceny, ..."
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"When the possession of an article is entrusted to a person, who carries it away
and appropriates it, this is no larceny; 4 C. & P. 545; Com. v. ..."
4. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High by Edward Coke (1797)
"If one lofe his goods, and another finde them, though he convert them, animo
furandi, to his own ufe, yet is it no larceny, ..."
5. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"A compound larceny is larceny aggravated by some special circumstance. ...
Other forms are treated of in our next chapter.8 Meaning of " larceny " — Scope ..."
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