larcenous

Example Sentences

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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

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