Definitions for larcenies

larcenies lar·ce·ny

Spelling: [lahr-suh-nee]
IPA: /ˈlɑr sə ni/

Larcenies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 673 anagrams from letters in larcenies (aceeilnrs).

Definitions for larcenies

noun

  1. the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.

Origin of larcenies

1425-75; late Middle English Anglo-French larcin theft (Latin latrōcinium robbery, equivalent to latrōcin(ārī) to rob, orig. serve as mercenary soldier (derivative of latrō hired soldier, rob

Examples for larcenies

Removing hats is larceny, and you'll get six months for it.'

If an attempt to steal results in carrying off the owner's goods, it is larceny.

It is larceny all the way down, according to the amount of the spoil.

It is "business," and I am only sorry to say that what is known as business is too often larceny.

Were the fleets of Holland, France, and Spain destroyed by larceny?

Industry always has been and always will be the enemy of larceny.

But I am sure Victor de Mauleon was not the man to commit a larceny.

The father and mother looked as if they had been convicted of larceny.

As a rule, what would be larceny in one would be larceny in the other.

Wen we got to the stashun he preferred a charge of larceny gainst me.

Word Value for larcenies
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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