[ 'lα:s(ə)ni ]
■ noun ( plural larcenies ) theft of personal property (in English law replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968).
Derivatives
larcener noun ( archaic ).
larcenist noun
larcenous adjective
Origin
C15: from OFr. larcin , from L. latrocinium , from latro(n-) 'robber'.