单词 | larceny |
释义 | larcenyn. Law. The felonious taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another with intent to convert them to the taker's use. Also gen. theft. Distinction was formerly made between grand larceny and petty larceny, the former being the larceny of property having a value of more, the latter of less, than 12 pence. simple larceny, mixed larceny or compound larceny (see quot. 1769). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > larceny larcenya1475 a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) xiii. 142 Ther is no man hangyd in Scotlande in vij yere to gedur ffor robbery, And yet thai ben often tymes hanged ffor larceny [a1500 Digby 198 larcery; 1532 Digby 145 lacenye]. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 126 Egging men on to Larsonies, Thefts. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 137 Picking of pockets, and such other larcenies. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 229 Larciny..is distinguished by the law into two sorts; the one called simple larciny, or plain theft unaccompanied with any other atrocious circumstance; and mixt or compound larciny, which also includes in it the aggravation of a taking from one's house or person. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 17 This god..wilt thou Not hate, thou, whom his impious larceny Did chiefly injure? 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 462 By English law, to take a man's own goods out of the hands of a bailee, if the taking have the effect of charging the bailee, is larceny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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