English noun: larceny | |||
| 1. | larceny (act) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | ||
| Samples | The thieving is awful at Kennedy International. | ||
| Synonyms | stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | felony | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | biopiracy, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, skimming | ||