Example sentences for: larceny

How can you use “larceny” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An example Tripp gives in court papers is the unflattering New Yorker profile that revealed her teen-age grand larceny arrest and also that Tripp didn't disclose the arrest in her Pentagon security clearance form.

  • San Diego is, fortunately for Times roving crime reporter Fox Butterfield, a city with one of the most precipitous drops in burglary, larceny, and auto theft, so he could rove there instead of Duluth to find out what's going on.

  • For example, someone arrested for the offence of going equipped for theft is still known by the initials of the old offence of carrying House Breaking Implements by night, from the Larceny Acts, though they were repealed decades ago.

  • If, however, your associate thinks she is engaging in petty larceny and gets her jollies from purloined rolls, indulge her, knowing that it is a harmless habit.

  • "Now, lift !" The whole sequence has an archetypal enchantment, made even more savory by its naughty underpinnings: The aging master directs his prima ballerina in a sacred dance to larceny.


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