as in robbery
the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner
the security guard waited until the shoplifter had actually left the store with the item, so as to have proof of larceny
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Recent Examples of larceny
Records from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction show Brown has a prior criminal history, including convictions for larceny, breaking and entering and armed robbery.
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Louis Casiano , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Ramirez is charged with first-degree robbery, sixth-degree larceny and sixth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, according to Wethersfield police.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The suspect, who lives in Sanford, has been in jail since Feb. 27, on a charge of felony larceny of a vehicle, court documents report.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
In 2017, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that just one form of wage theft (paying below minimum wage) resulted in minimum wage workers having more than $15 billion stolen from them every year, a number that exceeds the value of all robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and car thefts combined.
—Emily Galvin Almanza, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
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Louis Casiano , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Ramirez is charged with first-degree robbery, sixth-degree larceny and sixth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, according to Wethersfield police.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The suspect, who lives in Sanford, has been in jail since Feb. 27, on a charge of felony larceny of a vehicle, court documents report.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
In 2017, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that just one form of wage theft (paying below minimum wage) resulted in minimum wage workers having more than $15 billion stolen from them every year, a number that exceeds the value of all robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and car thefts combined.
—Emily Galvin Almanza, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larceny
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Medina's attorney told the court during his detention hearing that the Venezuelan national had been attacked and shot in the head in 2018 in Colombia during a robbery.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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To no one’s surprise, Axios reported last week that Republicans have the gall to consider more stealing from health care and day care to pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Critics singled out her performance as scene-stealing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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Violence is used to enforce discipline, and those accused of theft or rule violations may be executed or disappeared.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The woman took a deal and pleaded guilty in September to being an accessory to a felony and to misdemeanor theft, which dismissed a tampering with evidence charge and a second accessory count.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larceny. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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