How to Use grand larceny in a Sentence

grand larceny

noun
  • He was charged with burglary and two counts of grand larceny.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Both were charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud.
    — Elle McLogan, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • He was charged with one count of second-degree grand larceny.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Other crimes, such as rape, felony assault and grand larceny, are up.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • She's been charged with grand larceny, a police spokesperson said.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • Gladstone has been charged with grand larceny, forgery, and stalking.
    — Curbed, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Sorokin was then awaiting trial for charges of theft of service and grand larceny.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Drops in reports of rape and grand larceny have helped keep the overall crime rate this year mostly flat.
    — Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2020
  • He was charged with abduction of a minor and grand larceny.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In the end, though, there are worse crimes than gaucheness—grand larceny included.
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In 2017, she was charged with grand larceny and theft of services.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But grand larceny is almost required for teams as good as the Warriors.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 20 June 2018
  • She was convicted of grand larceny in the first, second and third degree.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • She was first arrested in April, and now faces felony charges of second- and third-degree grand larceny.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 30 May 2018
  • Garcia and Gonzalez were charged with grand larceny last week.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • She was arraigned Wednesday on two counts of grand larceny and identity theft.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Christopher Boltin, who was in jail on carjacking and grand larceny charges, was charged with escape.
    — Fox News, 22 May 2018
  • Anna Sorokin was found guilty of theft of services and grand larceny in 2019.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • King, who was also charged in the rental scheme, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced to six months in prison with five years of probation.
    — Curbed, 2 Nov. 2022
  • She was convicted in 2019 of grand larceny and theft of services.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
  • In 2019, she was charged with grand larceny in the first, second and third degree as well as theft of services.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Marshall pleaded not guilty in June to charges of grand larceny and securities fraud.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • In 2012, he'd be found guilty of grand larceny and second-degree murder.
    — Jason Zengerle, Town & Country, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Jamison-Lewis faces many charges, including grand larceny, and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
    — John Dias, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Gallagher was the victim of a grand larceny, the police sources said, and her death is being linked to a pattern of victims who were drugged and robbed.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The letter comes as data from the department shows homicide, burglary and grand larceny auto crimes have spiked in the city this past month.
    — Pervaiz Shallwani and Julian Cummings, CNN, 17 June 2020
  • She was sentenced in May to four to 12 years in prison after being convicted of grand larceny and theft.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019
  • Thomas was arraigned in court on Tuesday and charged with three counts of grand larceny, three counts of scheme to defraud and two counts of grand larceny.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But when King skimmed some of the cash to pay his overdue taxes, his partner sued him for grand larceny in 1971.
    — The Associated Press, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2021
  • In 2019, Sorokin was convicted of grand larceny and theft of services.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022

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