Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who commits larceny.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
larcener .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who commits
larceny , athief .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who commits larceny
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Examples
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John is a criminal infringer — a veritable grand larcenist — or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.
Boing Boing 2007
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Perhaps this dim-bulb mayor, and the MSM in fawning over Klepto Deb, are confusing pragmatist with pilferer or purloiner or maybe larcenist.
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Since a three-time larcenist was subject to sterilization and a three-time embezzler was not, the law was unconstitutional.
Is Roe Good Law? 2008
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Indeed, one must either irrationally conclude that John is a criminal infringer—a veritable grand larcenist—or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.
Archive 2007-11-18 2007
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Indeed, one must either irrationally conclude that John is a criminal infringer—a veritable grand larcenist—or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.
Archive 2007-11-01 glyn moody 2007
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Indeed, one must either irrationally conclude that John is a criminal infringer—a veritable grand larcenist—or blithely surmise that copyright law must not mean what it appears to say.
Some is Rotten in the State of Copyright glyn moody 2007
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But this … Good sweet Christ, the little larcenist was a fetching piece, from her dark winged eyebrows to her wide-set, exotically tipped eyes, a piercing shade of green, her pert nose, high cheekbones, and a mouth so damn full and wide he was already contemplating its possibilities.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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But this … Good sweet Christ, the little larcenist was a fetching piece, from her dark winged eyebrows to her wide-set, exotically tipped eyes, a piercing shade of green, her pert nose, high cheekbones, and a mouth so damn full and wide he was already contemplating its possibilities.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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But this … Good sweet Christ, the little larcenist was a fetching piece, from her dark winged eyebrows to her wide-set, exotically tipped eyes, a piercing shade of green, her pert nose, high cheekbones, and a mouth so damn full and wide he was already contemplating its possibilities.
Naughty or Nice MELANIE GEORGE 2004
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Because no one enters many of these homes without an invitation, it is a given this larcenist, whomever he or she might be, is a member of the peerage.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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