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noun
The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: theft, robbery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An individual instance of such a taking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: felony
Narrower terms: breach of trust with fraudulent intent, embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, pilferage, shoplifting, shrinkage, robbery, biopiracy, grand larceny, grand theft, petit larceny, petty larceny, petty, skimming, rustling
History
Coined in Middle English (as larceni) between 1425 and 1475 from Anglo-Norman larcin (“theft”), from Latin latrocinium (“robbery”), from latro (“robber, mercenary”), from Ancient Greek λάτρον (látron, “pay, hire”). Doublet of latrociny.
Across languages
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
