• Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law...
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    owner of it. The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement...
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  • private property, that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime is a crime...
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    the FBI's website, www.fbi.gov. In 2019, bicycles represented 3.1% of larceny-theft reported, second only to motor vehicles. It is estimated that between...
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  • In some jurisdictions, the crime is called "larceny by finding" or "stealing by finding". In the UK, a theft occurs when there is a dishonest appropriation...
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    Less than two weeks after his release, Abagnale was arrested for petty larceny in Mount Vernon on February 26, 1965. The following month, in March 1965...
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  • convicted in a New York state court of attempted grand larceny, larceny in the second degree, and theft of services, and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in...
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    Identity theft, identity piracy or identity infringement occurs when someone uses another's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying...
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  • Praedial larceny is the theft of agriculture produce. While such theft is almost universal, this term is primarily used in the Caribbean region where...
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  • intention of committing a further criminal offence. Usually that offence is theft, larceny, robbery, or murder, but most jurisdictions include others within the...
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