larceny

Other forms of larceny

plural

larcenies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about larceny

What does larceny mean?

larceny means "the act of taking something from someone unlawfully".

How many syllables are in larceny?

larceny has 3 syllables: lar-ce-ny. The stress falls on "lar". In IPA it is /ˈlɑɹsəni/.

What is another word for larceny?

Close synonyms include theft, thievery, thieving, stealing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is larceny a common word?

larceny is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.