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larcenous

[lahr-suh-nuhs] / ˈlɑr sə nəs /


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Finally, however, the lively and amiable spirit of the endeavor converts our inner curmudgeon just as the spirit of Christmas eventually overpowered that larcenous Grinch, played by Jim Carrey.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2022

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

Mr. Wolf, the lupine leader of the larcenous critters at the center of the delightful animated comedy “The Bad Guys,” knows whereof he speaks.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2022

Still, don't count out Writers Guild winner “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” which has its passionate fans and is, in its own larcenous way, about the very act of adaptation itself.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2019

I knew Mrs. Joe’s housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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