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Understanding Larceny

Understanding Larceny

Larceny is defined as the legal classification of theft, which is the criminal act of obtaining the personal or private property belonging to another individual or entity through the use of illegal, unlawful, unethical, or fraudulent means. Within the scope of a larceny or theft offense, there exists a broad range of applicable and associated classifications of not only the nature of the theft in question, but the methodology exacted in the execution of the specific act of larceny.