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larcener
Variant of larceny
noun pl. larcenies
Law the taking of personal property without consent and with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it; theft: in some states of the U.S., and formerly in England, larceny in which the value of the property equals or exceeds a specified amount is grand larceny, and larceny involving lesser amounts is petit (or petty) larceny
Related Forms:
- larcenist noun or larcener
- larcenous adjective
- larcenously adverb
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