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larceny

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lar=ce=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

larcenyn. [F. larcin, OE. larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. () hired servant. Cf. Latrociny.].
     The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.  [1913 Webster]
Grand larceny Petit larceny are distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. -- Mixed larceny, or Compound larceny, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person. -- Simple larceny, that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

larceny, n. (pl. -ies) the theft of personal property.

Usage
In 1968 replaced as a statutory crime in English law by theft.
Derivative
larcener n. larcenist n. larcenous adj.
Etymology
OF larcin f. L latrocinium f. latro robber, mercenary f. Gk latreus

ROGET THESAURUS

larceny

Stealing

N stealing, theft, thievery, latrociny, direption, abstraction, appropriation, plagiary, plagiarism, autoplagiarism, latrocinium, spoliation, plunder, pillage, sack, sackage, rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia, rape, depredation, raid, blackmail, piracy, privateering, buccaneering, license to plunder, letters of marque, letters of mark and reprisal, filibustering, filibusterism, burglary, housebreaking, badger game, robbery, highway robbery, hold-up, mugging, peculation, embezzlement, fraud, larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting, thievishness, rapacity, kleptomania, Alsatia, den of Cacus, den of thieves, blackmail, extortion, shakedown, Black Hand, thief, thieving, thievish, light-fingered, furacious, furtive, piratical, predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial, raptorial, stolen, sic vos non vobis.


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