An old English criminal and common law offence covering the unlawful or fraudulent removal of another's property without the owner's consent The offence of theft now covers most cases of larceny But larceny is wider than theft as it includes the taking of property of another person by whatever means (by theft, overtly , by fraud, by trickery, etc ) if an intent exists to convert that property to one's own use against the wishes of the owner
Petty theft, means really the peculations and thefts of a mercenary (Greek latron, hire [latris, a hireling]; Latin latro, a mercenary, whence latrocinium; French, larcin )
An actual or constructive taking away of the goods or property of another without the consent and against the will of the owner with a felonious intent to deprive the owner thereof
Larceny is the crime of stealing. Haggerman now faces two to 20 years in prison on grand larceny charges. = theft. larcenies the act or crime of stealing petty larceny