larceny

1. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully (synset 100782543)
   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
   is a type of: felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
   subtypes:

   • breach of trust with fraudulent intent - larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
   • defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
   • pilferage - the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
   • shoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
   • robbery - larceny by threat of violence
   • biopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
   • grand larceny, grand theft - larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
   • petit larceny, petty, petty larceny - larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
   • skimming - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
   • rustling - the stealing of cattle
   same as: stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

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