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LARCENY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Example:
the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
Synonyms:
larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("larceny" is a kind of...):
felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "larceny"):
breach of trust with fraudulent intent (larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking)
defalcation; embezzlement; misapplication; misappropriation; peculation (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)
pilferage (the act of stealing small amounts or small articles)
shoplifting; shrinkage (the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store)
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
biopiracy (biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use)
grand larceny; grand theft (larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale))
petit larceny; petty; petty larceny (larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale))
skimming (failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it)
rustling (the stealing of cattle)
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