- larcenist
- noun Date: 1803 a person who commits larceny
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
larcenist
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larcenist — index hoodlum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
larcenist — 1803, from LARCENY (Cf. larceny) + IST (Cf. ist). Earlier was larcener (1630s) … Etymology dictionary
Larcenist — Larcener Lar ce*ner, Larcenist Lar ce*nist, n. One who commits larceny. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
larcenist — larcener, larcenist thief, robber, burglar (see under theft) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
larcenist — larceny ► NOUN (pl. larcenies) ▪ theft of personal property (in English law replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968). DERIVATIVES larcenist noun larcenous adjective. ORIGIN Old French larcin, from Latin latro robber … English terms dictionary
larcenist — lar·ce·nist (lärʹsə nĭst) also lar·ce·ner ( nər) n. One who commits larceny. * * * … Universalium
larcenist — noun One who commits larceny, a thief. Syn: larcener … Wiktionary
larcenist — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who steals: bandit, burglar, highwayman, housebreaker, larcener, pilferer, pur loiner, robber, stealer, thief. See CRIMES … English dictionary for students
larcenist — n. robber, thief … English contemporary dictionary
larcenist — noun (C) law a thief … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
