GRE Word List
LARCENY
the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
The meaning of the word larceny is the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently.
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| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
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| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |