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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
      last edited by admin

      The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal withintent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf.Embezzlement. Grand larceny and Petit larceny are distinctions havingreference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They areabolished in England.-- Mixed, or Compound, larceny, that which, under statute, includesin it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person.-- Simple larceny, that which is not accompanied with anyaggravating circumstances.

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        Larceny meaning & definition 1 of Larceny.

      • Sarahundefined
        Sarah
        last edited by admin

        A serious lawful offence, involving theft.

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          Larceny meaning & definition 2 of Larceny.

        • Raeanne Dimickundefined
          Raeanne Dimick
          last edited by admin

          A term used in [Virginia] (mostly [Petersburg]), referring to one’s action or usually used to say someone is [pitiful] or terrible for wrong doing

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            Larceny meaning & definition 3 of Larceny.

          • Gregoryundefined
            Gregory
            last edited by admin

            Theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

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              Larceny meaning & definition 4 of Larceny.

            • Renatoundefined
              Renato
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              stealing, especially (in the US) the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, without illegally entering a building to do so

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                Larceny meaning & definition 5 of Larceny.

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