"grand larceny" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grand larcenies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grand larceny (countable and uncountable, plural grand larcenies)
  1. (US, criminal law) The larceny of property whose value is greater than an amount set by law to distinguish it from petty larceny. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Criminal law Translations (larceny of value greater than set by law to distinguish it from petty larceny): schwerer Diebstahl [masculine] (German), stórþjófnaður [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-grand_larceny-en-noun-4PfjtEJa Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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