: a common law action to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted to another's own use
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He was arrested last Thursday on charges of first-degree larceny, third-degree burglary and first-degree criminal trover, according to police.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Footman has been charged with second-degree larceny, kidnapping and criminal trover, as well as assault of public safety personnel and interfering with an officer.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Footman has been charged with second-degree larceny, kidnapping and criminal trover, as well as assault of public safety personnel and interfering with an officer.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Trover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trover. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo-French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French
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