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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a larceny" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts or discussions about theft or crime.
Example: "The defendant was charged with a larceny that occurred last month at the local jewelry store."
Alternatives: "a theft" or "an act of stealing".
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She was serving a sentence on a larceny charge.
The same man later served an additional four years on a larceny conviction.
A larceny conviction would therefore render Culleton ineligible to be a senator.
The officer wrote: "This was not a larceny with intent to sell the picture to somebody else.
Mr. Dortche, who was on probation for a larceny conviction, was arraigned today and ordered held in $5 million bail.
In 1973, Kaplan's twelve-year-old daughter, Deborah, stood before Weinstein and pleaded for leniency on her father's behalf in a larceny sentencing.
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But the hackie never got to be a cop because they found out he had a petty larceny rap - he stole a watch when he was a kid delivering groceries.
In 1969, Michael Humphrey did a 14-month stretch at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, on a grand larceny conviction stemming from an auto theft case.
She had been arrested on a grand larceny charge when she was a teenager and had pleaded not guilty.
One was a grand larceny charge, arising out of a car theft, that had been open for 15 months, more than twice the court's standard for excessive delays.
"My crime seemed less like a grand larceny, more like parking at an expired meter".
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