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larcenous

larcenous adjective: given to larceny, tending to thievery.

Adjective

larcenous (comparative more larcenous, superlative most larcenous)

  1. Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
  2. Resembling theft, often applied to legal actions that seem unfair.
    • These late fees are larcenous. I should have read the fine print before signing.

larcenous meaning in Kannada

larcenous in Kannada

ಕಳ್ಳತನದ, ಚೌರ್ಯದ

Forms of larcenous

comparativemore larcenous
superlativemost larcenous
alternative formlarcenious

Origin of larcenous

From larceny + -ous.

Words formed from larcenous

Questions about larcenous

What does larcenous mean?
Larcenous means given to larceny, tending to thievery.
What is larcenous in Kannada?
Larcenous in Kannada is ಕಳ್ಳತನದ, ಚೌರ್ಯದ. See Larcenous meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is larcenous?
Larcenous is an adjective.

Words near larcenous in the dictionary

  1. larcenic
  2. larcenies
  3. larcenious
  4. larcenist
  5. larcenists
  6. larcenous
  7. larcenously
  8. larceny
  9. larch
  10. Larch Mountain
  11. Larch Mountain salamander

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Adapted from Wiktionary: larcenous (page history and authors); larcenous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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