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LARCENIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does larcenist mean?
• LARCENIST (noun)
The noun LARCENIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who commits larceny
Familiarity information: LARCENIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who commits larceny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
larcener; larcenist
Hypernyms ("larcenist" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Derivation:
larceny (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)
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"If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges." (Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)