larcenous, a.
(ˈlɑːsənəs)
[f. larcen-y + -ous. Cf. OF. larcineux, larrecinos.]
Pertaining to or characterized by larceny; thievish.
| 1742 Fielding J. Andrews iv. v, ‘Ay’ says the Justice, ‘a kind of felonious larcenous Thing’. 1807 Syd. Smith P. Plymley's Lett. iv. Wks. 1840 III. 403 The acquittal of any noble and official thief would not fail to diffuse the most heartfelt satisfaction over the larcenous and burglarious world. 1861 Dickens Gt. Expect. ii, I knew..that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe. 1880 Swinburne Stud. Shaks. 63 In all the larcenous little bundle of verse. 1888 Gladstone in 19th Cent. XXIII. 783 A huge larcenous appropriation..of goods which do not belong to them. |
Hence ˈlarcenously adv., thievishly.
| 1864 in Webster. 1882 Daily News 3 Jan. 5/4 Molière was accused..of larcenously conveying the ideas of Les Précieuses Ridicules from a piece acted two years before. |