larcenous
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larceny (ˈlɑːsɪnɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -nies | |
| law (formerly) a technical word for theft | |
| [C15: from Old French larcin, from Latin lātrocinium robbery, from latrō robber] | |
| 'larcenist | |
| —n | |
| 'larcener | |
| —n | |
| 'larcenous | |
| —adj | |
| 'larcenously | |
| —adv | |
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Larcenous
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
The elements of larcenous crimes, however, focus primarily on the taking of property.
Surprisingly enough this melodrama packs considerable punch as it races along from one larcenous episode to another.
Too often the wholesale deregulation of markets that are not local in scope results in larcenous behavior emerging as normative.
The delivery was procured through fraud punishable as larcenous under the criminal law.
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