Thesaurus results for LARCENIST

larcenist

noun

ˈlär-sə-nist

Definition of larcenist

as in thief

one who steals when the serial larcenist Willie Sutton was asked why he continued to rob banks, he supposedly replied, "because that's where the money is"

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The railroad is still determining where to lay tracks, and there’s always thieves, developers, and even wildfires to worry about.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
Plus, Palmer is a horrible person — in this case, the victim is much more despicable than the thieves.

— Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

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Cargo theft has been around for centuries, evident for example in the train robbers of the late 1800s, but soaring demand for AI hardware has shifted heist targets to data centers and the technology’s ever-expanding infrastructure.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
The crux of the case stems from a 2019 armed robbery at a Virginia bank and how police tracked down the robber.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 2 July 2026

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