larceny
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Larceny arrests nearly doubled from 2022 to 2023, while arrests for homicide and motor vehicle theft declined by 19% and 27% respectively.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Larceny: The Fresno police chief issued a warning for catalytic converter thieves, The Fresno Bee reports.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Larceny — the taking of property without using force or breaking in — declined 16% between 2010 and 2019, then dipped even lower in 2020, the data indicate.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021
Practical action is called for, although what Larceny has to do next doesn’t appeal to him.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2014
It may, according to the Larceny Act 1861, be committed in a school-house, shop, warehouse or counting-house.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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