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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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Petty theft and larceny are caused by poverty and frequent shortages of consumer goods, but violence is rare.
Twenty-nine others were arrested for outstanding warrants on charges of burglary, larceny and malicious wounding.
The trial jury unanimously cleared him of charges of larceny and trying to obtain money by deception.
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.
After investigations into at least 20 complaints against him by his law clients, Burgess was disbarred and convicted of attempted grand larceny.
Crimes leading to imprisonment included prostitution, drug use, larceny, robbery, parole violation, and extortion.

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