Antonyms for larceny
ˈlɑr sə nilar·ce·ny

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1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

   Synonyms:
   thievery, thieving, stealth, stealing, theft

How to use larceny in a sentence?

1. Finley Peter Dunne:

   A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

2. Brendan Tracy:

   I watched a colleague of mine try a shooting case where someone got shot, so he’s able to try those very serious violent crimes and then switch, maybe someone who was a serial shoplifter and then charged with grand larceny and is in mental health treatment court because they had mental health issues, he was able to handle the wide range of cases and do them all fairly.

3. Brian Chin:

   From a landlord’s perspective, from storeowner’s perspective, we’re terrified of this, his policies and what not. Armed robbery of a store is now a petty larceny? What insanity is this? this guy, his rap sheet is a mile long, he should have been behind bars. Assault? Menacing? How is he out? This is outrageous.

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