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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As Ars’ Ashley Belanger reported recently, thieves have made off with more than $100 million in similar shipments since June.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
The sweep focused on vehicles that are overwhelmingly targeted by thieves, according to a statement issued by the Howard County Police Department (HCPD).

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

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Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

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