larceny
noun [uncountable, countable](plural larcenies)
(North American English, the crime of stealing something from somebody; an occasion when this takes place 盗窃罪；偷盗；盗窃 The couple were charged with grand/petty larceny (= stealing things that are valuable/not very valuable). 那对夫妇被指控犯有重大／轻微盗窃罪。
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French larcin, from Latin latrocinium, from latro(n-) ‘robber’, earlier ‘mercenary soldier’, from Greek latreus.