larcenies

plural of larceny

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of larcenies Hayden’s office, the Boston Police Department, regional retailer groups and small business owners last year launched the Safe Shopping Initiative — an effort to increase consumer safety and help store managers strategize responses to shoplifting and retail larcenies. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025 Yankowski said it has been used to spot medical emergencies, larcenies and other crimes. John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for larcenies
Noun
  • Now, amid the privation, there have been increases in assaults, robberies, and murders.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There are set pieces of a scale previously unheard of for the director — explosions, car chases, bank robberies — as well as his most bankable star yet in Leonardo DiCaprio.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Parisian Jews in 1941 and 1942, these thefts were compounded by a cascade of other degradations, including the loss of distinguished positions at the Sorbonne, in banking, science, and medicine, with more devastation to come.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The rise in organized thefts has become a major talking point for advocates who are asking the state to step in to do more to prevent the violent encounters.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Larcenies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larcenies. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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