| 单词 | larceny |
| 释义 | larceny (once / 5460 pages) n Larceny is the legal term for stealing. Grand larceny is when you take something worth a lot of money, petty larceny when the stolen item is worth relatively little. Larceny is used when talking about stealing someone's property in regards to the law. If you illegally download music or plagiarize a text, that may be theft, but it is not larceny because there was no physical property involved. If you take a friend's yoyo and don't give it back, it's stealing — unless your friend calls the police and has you arrested on charges of larceny. WORD FAMILYlarceny: larcener, larcenies, larcenist+/larcener: larceners/larcenist: larcenists USAGE EXAMPLESAnd he noted the support that precinct squads got from centralized units focusing on robberies, gangs or grand larcenies, for example. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The Burlington woman pleaded guilty to Medicaid false claims, false claims to public agency, larceny, and unlicensed practice of psychology. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Chodkowski pleaded guilty in Erie County Court in Buffalo Friday to attempted grand larceny. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) n the act of taking something from someone unlawfully Syn|Hypo|Hyper stealing, theft, thievery, thieving breach of trust with fraudulent intent larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculationthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else pilferagethe act of stealing small amounts or small articles shoplifting, shrinkagethe act of stealing goods that are on display in a store robberylarceny by threat of violence biopiracybiological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use grand larceny, grand theftlarceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale) petit larceny, petty, petty larcenylarceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) skimmingfailure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it rustlingthe stealing of cattle raidan attempt by speculators to defraud investors plunderagethe act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickuprobbery at gunpoint caper, joba crime (especially a robbery) dacoity, dakoityrobbery by a gang of armed dacoits heist, rip-offthe act of stealing highjacking, hijackingrobbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force highway robberyrobbery of travellers on or near a public road rollingthe act of robbing a helpless person felony a serious crime (such as murder or arson) |
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