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What does larceny mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
  2. (law) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.
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A larceny committed with actual force and violence, or with a constructive force by any assault and putting in fear, is to be adjudged robbery.
The legislation will simplify the law on larceny, fraudulent conversion, forgery and embezzlement.
Hit by a spate of praedial larceny, Aranguez farmers are now using deadly pit bulls and Rottweilers to guard their food crops at night.
Crimes leading to imprisonment included prostitution, drug use, larceny, robbery, parole violation, and extortion.
The trial jury unanimously cleared him of charges of larceny and trying to obtain money by deception.
Petty theft and larceny are caused by poverty and frequent shortages of consumer goods, but violence is rare.

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