Larceny
31larceny — [15] The Latin word for ‘robber’ was latrō. Its original meaning was ‘mercenary soldier’, and it came from Greek látron ‘pay’ (a relative of latreíā ‘service, worship’, which provided the suffix in such English words as idolatry and bardolatry).… …
32larceny — lar·ce·ny || lÉ‘rsnɪ / lÉ‘Ë n. robbery, theft (Law) …
33larceny — [ lα:s(ə)ni] noun (plural larcenies) theft of personal property (in English law replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968). Derivatives larcener noun (archaic). larcenist noun larcenous adjective Origin …
34larceny — n. Theft, stealing, pilfering, robbery, thievery …
35larceny — lar·ce·ny …
36larceny — UK [ˈlɑː(r)sənɪ] / US [ˈlɑrs(ə)nɪ] noun [uncountable] legal old fashioned the crime of stealing personal property …
37larceny — lar•ce•ny [[t]ˈlɑr sə ni[/t]] n. pl. nies law Law. the wrongful taking of the personal goods of another • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < AF *larcinie, OFlarcintheft < L latrōcinium robbery < latrōcin(ārī) to rob, orig. serve as a… …
38larceny — /ˈlasəni / (say lahsuhnee) noun (plural larcenies) Law the offence of taking away, without the consent of the owner, anything capable of being stolen, with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it; theft. {late Middle English,… …
39larceny — Aihue …
40larceny — [15] The Latin word for ‘robber’ was latrō. Its original meaning was ‘mercenary soldier’, and it came from Greek látron ‘pay’ (a relative of latreíā ‘service, worship’, which provided the suffix in such English words as idolatry and bardolatry).… …
