larceny
noun/ˈlɑːsəni/
/ˈlɑːrsəni/
[uncountable, countable] (plural larcenies)
(North American English, law or British English, old-fashioned)- the crime of stealing something from somebody; an occasion when this takes place synonym theft
- The couple were charged with grand/petty larceny (= stealing things that are valuable/not very valuable).
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French larcin, from Latin latrocinium, from latro(n-) ‘robber’, earlier ‘mercenary soldier’, from Greek latreus.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
larceny