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larceny

[lahr-suh-nee] / ˈlɑr sə ni /


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These kids had fancy snacks, posters and portable speakers, while my kid was in a gray cell block staring at four concrete walls like she was about to do hard time for grand larceny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Hall also described the intellectual property theft of books used to train AI models as "creative larceny at scale".

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

But in late September, Saks said its security officials got a tip that triggered an investigation, resulting in Kwatra’s termination and charges of fraud and larceny filed against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

As for Father Michael Antoniou, he was later convicted of attempted grand larceny and served two years in prison.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Police Chief James White said Jackson-Bolanos “came on our radar a few weeks ago” when investigators were trying to solve larcenies in the area.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

In a different example, he directed prosecutors to reduce armed robbery cases to petit larcenies, barring certain circumstances.

From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022

So far this year, there have been almost 29,000 reports of larceny, an increase over last year but well below the nearly 40,000 larcenies reported in the same period of 2019.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

He and others believe Virginia needs to go further and do what other states already have: Allow for other crimes, such as larcenies, that people were forced to commit to also be vacated and expunged.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2021

On remand for numerous larcenies: Mulch Diggums, the kleptomaniac dwarf.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer


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