larceny - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • commit: If he commits larceny at all, as he seldom does, it is always grand larceny, never petty.

Adjective modifier

  • petty: One Durham witness, for example, was heard to comment ( on a very petty larceny?
  • grand: Thus, the man convicted of grand larceny a second time would no longer be subject to death.

Modifies a noun

  • case: Was the larceny case going to be taken first?

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