larceny
Meaning of larceny
noun
theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.
late 15th century: from Old French larcin, from Latin latrocinium, from latro(n- ) ‘robber’, earlier ‘mercenary soldier’, from Greek latreus .
Information about larceny
- It is a name.
- The plural form of larceny is: larcenies.
- Languages in which larceny is used:
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Hyphenation of larceny
lar-ceny
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- larceny is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
larceny synonyms
Meaning theft:
theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Meaning the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force:
Meaning steal (things of little value):
Meaning steal (something):
Meaning illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:
Meaning the action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to commit a crime. In 1968 it was replaced as a statutory crime (in England and Wales only) by burglary:
Meaning the action of appropriating something:
Meaning the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit:
Meaning the action of misappropriating something; embezzlement:
Meaning raise to a higher position or level:
Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:
Meaning hit or try to hit with a swinging blow:
Meaning make a nick or nicks in:
Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:
Meaning the action of obtaining something by using persuasion or guile:
Translation of larceny
- French: vol, pillage, spoliation, larcin
- Spanish: robo, expoliación
- Italian: spoliazione, furto
- German: Plünderung, Diebstahl, Raub
- Portuguese: espoliação, roubo, furto
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