How to Use larcenous in a Sentence

larcenous

adjective
  • The reveal starred a larcenous talking monkey who tricks a black-market trader into accepting a fraudulent trade.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 June 2017
  • This new true crime documentary recalls the crew of larcenous adolescents busted back in 2009.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The writers of this action sequel are magnificently larcenous.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The question of who took and returned the diaries—a disgruntled former employee, a larcenous academic—remains unsolved.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2022
  • After a historic takeaway drought spanning more than a month, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have embarked on a larcenous spree of sorts, collecting nine turnovers in the past five games.
    — Joey Knight, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Put simply, as law enforcement rightfully examines its procedures and protocols, putting some on pause as a result, the larcenous see more opportunity.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Dostál made two larcenous saves in two seconds, both on Robertson, before DeSmith stoned Ryan Strome at the opposite end late in the opening salvo.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The good news is that, after 18 years of larcenous tyranny under Joseph Kabila, Congo has a different president.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Nadja Nguyen is Colette Fo, Patience’s cheerfully larcenous landlady.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 July 2021
  • Blindspotting director Carlos Lopez Estrada will direct the new film, once again retelling the story of the swashbuckling fox and his larcenous adventures in Nottingham.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Alex Ovechkin’s 911 goals are more than any other player in NHL history, but 912 will have to wait thanks to a larcenous pad save by Husso.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • And then there’s larcenous Aunt Debra, played with deader-than-deadpan humor by a hilarious Bonnie Milligan, who would, ahem, steal the show if it were not written with such exquisite balance.
    — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The patent cites iPods as a specific source of larcenous intent, but administration of such a system could be easier in MacBooks and iPhones, which already have movement sensors for other purposes.
    — David Becker, WIRED, 17 May 2007
  • Kim not only displayed her own larcenous streak -- laughing off warnings about Jimmy's behavior from her former boss, Howard (Patrick Fabian), then fantasizing about ways of retaliating against him -- but her toughness and resilience.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Finally, however, the lively and amiable spirit of the endeavor converts our inner curmudgeon just as the spirit of Christmas eventually overpowered that larcenous Grinch, played by Jim Carrey.
    — Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The ringleader of the larcenous group is 17-year-old Kyle (Georgie Farmer, Wednesday), with his perpetually online cohorts being Petey (James Scholz), Sid (Roman Hayeck Green) and Alex (Yasmin Finney, Heartstopper, Doctor Who).
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

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