LARCENY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for LARCENY, such as:
1. When an author sells the thoughts of another man for his own, the larceny is called plagiarism.
2. For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree.
2. For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree.
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Meanings and Examples of LARCENY
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larceny
n. unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
Classic Sentence:
1 They both had weak eyes, which I had long attributed to their chronically looking in at keyholes, and they were always at hand when not wanted; indeed that was their only reliable quality besides larceny.
2 For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree.
3 After all, that is nothing; petty larceny, six months at the most.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
4 Everywhere were heard rumours against Chichikov, rumours with regard to the validity of the second will, rumours with regard to will number one, and rumours of larceny and concealment of funds.
Example Sentence:
1 When an author sells the thoughts of another man for his own, the larceny is called plagiarism.