Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.
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Larceny
//ˈlɑɹ.sə.ni//
Synonyms for "larceny" (12 found)
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45 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кражба noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Catalan
1 entries- furt noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偷盜罪 /偷盗罪 noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- 偷盜罪 /偷盗罪 noun (law: larcenous act)
- 盜竊罪 /盗窃罪 noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- 盜竊罪 /盗窃罪 noun (law: larcenous act)
Czech
2 entries- krádež noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- zlodějina noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Danish
2 entries- tyveri noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- tyveri noun (law: larcenous act)
Dutch
2 entries- diefstal noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- ontvreemding noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Finnish
2 entries- varkaus noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- varkaus noun (law: larcenous act)
French
4 entries- larcin noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- larcin noun (law: larcenous act)
- vol noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- vol noun (law: larcenous act)
Galician
2 entries- furto noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- furto noun (law: larcenous act)
German
2 entries- Diebstahl noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- Diebstahl noun (law: larcenous act)
Hungarian
3 entries- lopás noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- lopás noun (law: larcenous act)
- tolvajlás noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Icelandic
2 entries- stuldur noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- þjófnaður noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Ingrian
1 entries- varkahus noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Japanese
1 entries- 窃盗 noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Malay
1 entries- larseni noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Persian
2 entries- دزدی noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- دزدی noun (law: larcenous act)
Polish
2 entries- kradzież noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- kradzież noun (law: larcenous act)
Portuguese
2 entries- furto noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- furto noun (law: larcenous act)
Romanian
1 entries- furt noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Russian
3 entries- воровство́ noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- кра́жа noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- хищение noun (law: larcenous act)
Slovene
3 entries- odtujitev noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- tatvina noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- tatvina noun (law: larcenous act)
Spanish
2 entries- hurto noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
- latrocinio noun (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
He was convicted of larceny.
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Tom pleaded guilty to grand larceny.
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Tom pled guilty to grand larceny.
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