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What is the noun for larceny?

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larceny
  1. (law) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
  2. (law) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “An indictment of Carol for larceny would therefore be properly subject to dismissal as unconstitutionally vague as applied to her case.”
      “After investigations into at least 20 complaints against him by his law clients, Burgess was disbarred and convicted of attempted grand larceny.”
      “Back then, Cook was convicted in a Charleston, South Carolina, court for grand larceny and burglary.”
larcener
larcenist
  1. One who commits larceny, a thief.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The victim was then blocked or tripped when they tried to pursue the larcenist.”
      “And it was a substitute, a veritable steal, and a serial larcenist who assured them of it.”
larcenists
larceners
larcenies
  1. plural of larceny
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  3. Examples:
    1. “That we undertake to guard our people against inconveniences, larcenies and pillage.”
      “Within the city limits, there were three more homicides in 2002 than 2001, one more rape and 11 more robberies and larcenies each.”
      “If my clerk was here, I'd set ye in the stocks, I would, or lay ye in jail for prowling up and down, on the look-out for petty larcenies, ye limb of a gipsy.”
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