larcenous
Example Sentences
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Above and beyond is Bonnie Milligan, portraying Pattie’s larcenous sister Debra, a woman of no known address but who might be elected president if she could redirect that cyclonic energy away from antisocial impulses.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
You have to look at footnote information — provenance citations in object labels — to learn of this larcenous history.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
Aladdin, a poor but engagingly larcenous “street rat” and sheltered princess Jasmine are kindred spirits in that they’re trapped by their circumstances and want to break free.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2019
Mr. Tudyk played an arrogant internet billionaire in “Big Hero 6,” the shifty Duke of Weselton in “Frozen” and, as an in-joke to “Frozen” fans, Duke Weaselton, a larcenous weasel, in this year’s “Zootopia.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2016
One thing saved him: the company—and larcenous advice—of the city’s homeless, many of them teenagers.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
