noun. The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.

noun. In law, the wrongful or fraudulent taking and carrying away, by any person and from any place, of the mere personal goods of another, with a felonious intent to convert them to the taker's own use, and make them his own property, without the consent of the owner; theft. East.

noun. The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. embezzlement.

noun. distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England.

noun. undefined

noun. that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person.

noun. undefined

noun. that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances.

noun. The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.

noun. A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

noun. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

"For example, an officer who wanted to hide a grand larceny, which is counted as an index crime and as such would affect the city's crime rate, could classify the crime as a petite larceny, a statistic that is not counted as part of the official crime rate."

compound larceny  grand larceny  petty larceny  simple larceny  

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grand larceny  petty larceny  

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biopiracy  breach of trust with fraudulent intent  defalcation  embezzlement  grand larceny  

adultery  arson  bigamy  break-in  bribery  

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