0 stealing, especially (in the US) the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, without illegally entering a building to do so
1 the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, but not in a way that involves force or the threat of force:
[ U ] As a pickpocket, he was charged with larceny.
2 stealing, especially the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, without entering a building illegally in order to do so:
Indeed, larcenies can be designated as a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the state.
But this fact might conceal larceny, which was the authorities' nightmare together with the shirking of duty and insubordination.
Non-violent categories consisted of non-violent felony, misdemeanour and simple larceny.
Examples of aggravated larceny included highway robbery, burglary, attacks by footpads and piracy.
Consider some previous examples, namely, the court decisions upholding a conviction for attempted larceny when a would-be pickpocket chose an empty pocket.
By contrast, only 6 of the 91 accused of simple larceny had the same experience.
Property crime arrests (defined as 'burglary, larceny, and auto theft', with arson added in 1981) rose by 85 per cent, with property crimes peaking in 1983.
The figures available for larceny-often considered to be one of the most difficult categories of crime both to detect and to clear-are also impressive when seen in a comparative context.
