/
ˈlɑːs(ə)ni/
n.
(pl. larcenies)
theft of personal property (in English law replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968).
Derivative
- larcener n. (archaic).
- larcenist n.
- larcenous adj.
Etymology
C15: from OFr. larcin, from L. latrocinium, from latro(n-) ‘robber’.
