How to Use larceny in a Sentence

larceny

noun

• He was arrested and charged with larceny.
• He has been accused of several larcenies.
• On the larceny of a firearm charge, Briggs faces five years in prison and/or a $2,500 fine.
  — Evan Sasiela, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2019
• Pompano Beach also had the third most larcenies with 3,121.
  — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 25 June 2019
• Love and larceny is in the air; Theron and Craig will play career thieves whose relationship spans the course of three big jobs.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
• Carl Ferraro, 57, of Darien was charged with eight counts of first-degree larceny.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2022
• The man was called to the police station where he was convicted of a felony warrant and larceny.
  — Alex Polyakov, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• And in 1982, he was arrested for larceny of women's shoes from a Kmart.
  — Patricia Alvord, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• Trudeau was charged with larceny and is scheduled to appear in court later this month.
  — Ruth Bruno, courant.com, 6 July 2018
• She has been charged with first-degree larceny and third-degree forgery.
  — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
• Brian Askin, 24, of St. Clair Shores, is charged with larceny from a person in the alleged incident at the bank.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
• The limits of their larceny are small-time, their purpose much bigger.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• She was charged with first-degree larceny and third-degree forgery.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• In Salt Lake City, reports of larceny are down slightly compared to last year.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
• Through his early years on the force, Jenkins goes from learning how to scam the overtime rules to outright larceny.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• Meanwhile, law enforcement is trying to put a stop to the larceny.
  — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• In 2020, the most recent year for which data are available, reports of robbery and larceny fell off a cliff.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2021
• At the Lu-Rae, there was one report of an assault and one of larceny during that period.
  — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Court records show that he was convicted of third-degree forgery and fourth-degree larceny in 2018.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
• Her mother, Cynthia Williams, 60, was charged in March with five counts each of larceny, forgery and identity theft.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 5 June 2018
• Police learned the man was wanted in Cleveland for assault and in Lake County for larceny.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2021
• Police data shows that larceny theft, which includes retail theft and car break-ins, is down 37% from this time last year.
  — Veronica Miracle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
• Because larceny is not a violent crime, the judge opted for no prison.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 26 June 2018
• He was discharged from the Marines for bad conduct in 2008 after he was convicted of larceny.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2024
• Officers said they were called to a local store on reports of a larceny taking place.
  — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• She was hit with larceny charges for taking certain items from the memorial.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Lamoureux was arraigned in 30th District Court and charged with open murder and larceny.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2021
• He was taken into custody on Jan. 5 and was charged with first-degree larceny, records show.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• It was then found that the driver, a Richmond Heights man, 24, was wanted on a Richmond Heights police warrant for larceny.
  — cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
• The neighborhood recorded just four larceny offenses at grocery stores over the last year, DPD’s data shows.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024