larcenous

[lahr-suh-nuhs]

adjective

1. of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.

2. guilty of larceny.

Other Word Forms

• larcenously adverb
• nonlarcenous adjective
• unlarcenous adjective
• unlarcenously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of larcenous¹

First recorded in 1735–45; larcen(y) + -ous

Related Words

• crooked 
• rapacious