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单词 larceny
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larcenyn.

Brit. /ˈlɑːsᵻni/, /ˈlɑːsn̩i/, U.S. /ˈlɑrsəni/, /ˈlɑrsn̩i/
Forms: Also 1500s larcenie, larsonie, lacerie, lashery, 1600s lasserie, 1700s larciny.
Etymology: apparently < Anglo-Norman larcin (see larcin n.) + -y suffix3, perhaps with a recollection of Latin latrōcinium.
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).
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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.
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