Associations to the word «Larceny»

Wiktionary

LARCENY, noun. (legal) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
LARCENY, noun. (legal) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

Dictionary definition

LARCENY, noun. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley