1881 Nov. 487 He was soon associated in a theft which advanced him to the degree of grand larcenist.
1924 G. C. Henderson ii. 20 The grand larcenist..will burglarize a place quickly enough, but the petty thief is too timid as a rule to ‘crash a joint’.
2012 C. H. Spude vi. 140 Soapy himself was no grand larcenist and he was no killer.