larceny

Noun

Meaning

The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

theft stealing thieving thievery five-finger lift touch fraud steal abstraction robbery piracy pinch appropriation embezzlement
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Antonyms

return pay lot compensation restraint reimbursement
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Hypernyms

felony

Hyponyms

robbery petty shrinkage embezzlement misappropriation skimming

Phrases with the word

little larceny turned to petty larceny simple larceny larceny fixation larceny by finding mixed larceny

Derivatives

larcenies

Anagrams

Carnley Rylance

Examples

The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not. John Kenneth Galbraith

If you're going to be businessmen, don't confuse the vocation with larceny. Robert A. Heinlein

There is a difference between jaywalking and grand larceny. Gaylord Perry

If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out. Paul Gallico

Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny. James M. Cain

You sparkle with larceny. Wilson Mizner

Close letter words and terms

larcenist larcenous larcenously larceny by finding larceny fixation larch