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Larceny vs Stealing - What's the difference?

larceny | stealing |

As nouns the difference between larceny and stealing

is that larceny is (legal) the unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently while stealing is (uncountable) the action of the verb to steal .

As a verb stealing is

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larceny

English

Noun

  • (legal) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
  • (legal) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.
    • That young man already has four assaults, a DUI, and a larceny on his record.

    Derived terms

    * grand larceny * petty larceny

    References

    stealing

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal .
  • (archaic, chiefly, in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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