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larceny

noun as in theft

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He was convicted of armed robbery, felony larceny and break and enter, according to records obtained by CNN, and spent eight years in jail for robbery with a dangerous weapon.

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Property crimes including burglary, motor vehicle theft and larceny also are trending down, according to city data.

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Can the places Jackson visited for his book endure public larceny?

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The bill would require immigration agents to take into custody people who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting.

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Studies by the Public Policy Institute of California have questioned whether Proposition 47 is to blame for increases in crimes such as larceny and commercial burglary, also pointing to low solve rates by police.

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