larcenous

[ lahr-suh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
2. guilty of larceny.

Other Words From

• larce·nous·ly adverb
• non·larce·nous adjective
• un·larce·nous adjective
• un·larce·nous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of larcenous¹

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

Example Sentences

Johnson's view of his larcenous proceedings is stated in the Life.

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This larcenous but inevitable programme we carried out, after waiting through dreadful hours of cold and shivering anxiety.

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But however late and larcenous he may have been, the poet of IV.

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Leverett, always a coward, had pursued his devious and larcenous way through the world, always in deadly fear of sink holes.

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Amused at this evident return of his larcenous friend of the previous day, he lay perfectly still.

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Related Words

• crooked
• rapacious