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
  • Malin is hoping the police can work with Duane Reade to reduce the larcenies.
    Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 14 May 2018
  • Martinez was charged with five counts of larceny theft and released on bond.
    Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 14 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • He was charged with larceny, identity theft, and fraud; and facing up to 90 years in jail, according to the Sun Sentinel.
    Essence.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Stimson is charged with larceny and possession of a Class E drug, the Globe reported.
    Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 21 Mar. 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
  • Court docs show that Avery was charged with felony breaking and entering and larceny.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • There, a 23-year-old man, who police said was caught on home surveillance cameras swiping delivery packages, was arrested and arraigned last week in district court and charged with five counts of larceny.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2024

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