Larceny - English meaning

noun

The action of appropriating something.

Usage examples:

Dishonest appropriation of property

noun

An amount of money kept separate to use for a particular purpose, esp. by a government

Usage examples:

The city council approved an appropriation of $10,000 to plant trees.

noun

A sum of money to be used for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

An appropriation of $1 million/€5000/£20,000, etc. campus leaders are seeking an emergency appropri…

idiom

Illegally forcing your way into a house, especially to steal something

noun

Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

Usage examples:

A two-year sentence for burglary

noun

The action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

Usage examples:

The decree provided for the expropriation of church land and buildings

noun

The act of taking away money or property, especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for personal use illegally

Usage examples:

The need for expropriations could delay construction by up to nine months., villagers are protestin…

verb

Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.

Usage examples:

They filched milk off morning doorsteps

noun

The action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to commit a crime. in 1968 it was replaced as a statutory crime (in england and wales only) by burglary.

Usage examples:

He had been arrested for more than 40 crimes in the previous year - for offences that included hous…

verb

Train (a pet) to urinate and defecate outside the house or only in a special place; house-train.

Usage examples:

An elephant is exceedingly difficult to housebreak

noun

The crime of illegally entering a house in order to steal something

Usage examples:

The jury convicted him of housebreaking., housebreakings fell by almost 15 percent.

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

noun

An act of lifting.

Usage examples:

Weightlifters attempting a particularly heavy lift

noun

The action of misappropriating something; embezzlement.

Usage examples:

An alleged misappropriation of funds

noun

The act of stealing something that you have been asked to take care of, and using it for yourself

Usage examples:

Misappropriation of funds/money/assets he was charged with forgery and misappropriation of union as…

verb

Make a nick or nicks in.

Usage examples:

He had nicked himself while shaving

verb

Go quickly or surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

They nicked across the road

noun

A small cut or notch.

Usage examples:

A small nick on his wrist

verb

Steal (things of little value).

Usage examples:

She produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer

verb

Present participle of pilfer

Usage examples:

He was caught pilfering (sweets) from the shop.

verb

Steal (something).

Usage examples:

He must have managed to purloin a copy of the key

noun

The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

Usage examples:

He was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery

noun

The crime of stealing from somewhere or someone

Usage examples:

He committed several robberies., a bank robbery

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

The action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft.

Usage examples:

They argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing

noun

The action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft.

Usage examples:

They argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing

verb

Hit or try to hit with a swinging blow.

Usage examples:

She swiped me right across the nose

noun

A sweeping blow.

Usage examples:

He missed the ball with his first swipe

noun

An act or instance of moving one's finger across a touchscreen to activate a function.

Usage examples:

A swipe to the right archives or deletes the message

noun

The action or crime of stealing.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of theft

noun

The action of stealing another person's property.

Usage examples:

Petty thievery

adjective

Keen to steal; thievish.

Usage examples:

Securing the zip on my backpack against thieving fingers

noun

The action of stealing; theft.

Usage examples:

He supplemented his income with petty thieving

verb

Be a thief; steal something.

Usage examples:

They began thieving again