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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Court records show that he was convicted of third-degree forgery and fourth-degree larceny in 2018.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • They are each charged with nine counts of larceny over $250 and filing a false healthcare application or claim.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Shane Hoskins, 31, was arraigned last month on felony larceny and identity theft charges in connection with the same string of robberies.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Pan faces murder and second-degree larceny charges in Jiang's death.
    Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 14 May 2021
  • There's a stick-up, a job interview, some light mall larceny, and a dystopian tech company.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The suspect was subsequently lodged at the St. Joseph County Jail on the charges of larceny and larceny of livestock.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Thomas has been charged with murder, larceny of a motor vehicle and concealing the death of a person.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The sentencing comes more than a year after he was found guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit bank larceny and bank larceny, prosecutors said.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024

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