"larceny" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɑː.sən.i/ [UK], /ˈlɑː.sɪ.ni/ [UK], /ˈlɑɹ.sə.ni/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-larceny.wav Forms: larcenies [plural]
Etymology: Coined in Middle English (as larceni) between 1425 and 1475 from Anglo-Norman larcin (“theft”), from Latin latrocinium (“robbery”), from latro (“robber, mercenary”), from Ancient Greek λάτρον (látron, “pay, hire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|xno|larcin||theft}} Anglo-Norman larcin (“theft”), {{der|en|la|latrocinium||robbery}} Latin latrocinium (“robbery”), {{der|en|grc|λάτρον||pay, hire}} Ancient Greek λάτρον (látron, “pay, hire”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} larceny (countable and uncountable, plural larcenies)
  1. (law, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Crime, Criminal law, Theft Synonyms: theft, robbery Translations (law: larcenous act): 偷盜罪 /偷盗罪 (tōudàozuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 盜竊罪 /盗窃罪 (dàoqièzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), varkaus (Finnish), larcin [masculine] (French), vol [masculine] (French), furto [masculine] (Galician), Diebstahl [masculine] (German), lopás (Hungarian), دزدی (dozdi) (Persian), furto [masculine] (Portuguese), хищение (xiščenije) [neuter] (Russian), tatvina [feminine] (Slovene) Translations (law: unlawful taking of personal property): кражба (kražba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), furt [masculine] (Catalan), 偷盜罪 /偷盗罪 (tōudàozuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 盜竊罪 /盗窃罪 (dàoqièzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), diefstal [masculine] (Dutch), ontvreemding (Dutch), varkaus (Finnish), larcin [masculine] (French), vol [masculine] (French), furto [masculine] (Galician), Diebstahl [masculine] (German), lopás (Hungarian), tolvajlás (Hungarian), stuldur [masculine] (Icelandic), þjófnaður [masculine] (Icelandic), varkahus (Ingrian), 窃盗 (settō) (Japanese), larseni [Rumi] (Malay), دزدی (dozdi) (Persian), furto [masculine] (Portuguese), furt (Romanian), воровство́ (vorovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), кра́жа (kráža) [feminine] (Russian), odtujitev [neuter] (Slovene), tatvina [feminine] (Slovene), hurto [masculine] (Spanish), latrocinio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-larceny-en-noun-zUniaW1u Disambiguation of Crime: 82 18 Disambiguation of Criminal law: 73 27 Disambiguation of Theft: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 34 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: larcenous act': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'law: unlawful taking of personal property': 80 20
  2. (law, countable) An individual instance of such a taking. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-larceny-en-noun-9XsUPTBB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 55 45 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compound larceny, floral larceny, grand larceny, mixed larceny, petit larceny, petty larceny, simple larceny Related terms: larcenous, larcenist

Inflected forms

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