Larceny
61simple larceny — noun : larceny that is not accompanied by special aggravating circumstances * * * simple larceny Larceny uncombined with aggravating circumstances, as opposed to compound larceny • • • Main Entry: ↑larceny …
62grand larceny — noun larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale) • Syn: ↑grand theft • Ant: ↑petit larceny • Hypernyms: ↑larceny, ↑theft, ↑thievery, ↑thieving …
63petty larceny — Law. larceny in which the value of the goods taken is below a certain legally specified amount. Also, petit larceny. Cf. grand larceny. [1810 20] * * * …
64pet|it larceny — «PEHT ee», = petty larceny. (Cf. ↑petty larceny) …
65Compound larceny — Compound Com pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See {Compound}, v. t.] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. [1913 Webster] …
66Petit larceny — Petit Pet it, a. [F. See {Petty}.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; Same as {Petty}. [Obs., except in legal language.] [1913 Webster] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. [1913 Webster]… …
67Simple larceny — Simple Sim ple, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to… …
68grand larceny — noun Date: 1828 larceny of property of a value greater than that fixed as constituting petit larceny …
69grand larceny — Law. larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount. Also called grand theft. Cf. petty larceny. [1840 50] * * * …
70petty larceny — noun A misdemeanor larceny; an act of theft wherein the amount stolen is insufficient to constitute grand larceny …
