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larceny

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
larceny /ˈlɑːs(ə)ni/

▶noun (pl. larcenies) theft of personal property (in English law replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968).

– derivatives
larcener noun (archaic),
larcenist noun,
larcenous adjective.

– origin C15: from OFr. larcin, from L. latrocinium, from latro(n-) ‘robber’.

'larceny' also found in these Oxford entries:

grand larceny - petty larceny

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