TWO DEGREES OF LARCENY

Two degrees of larceny

Two degrees of larceny

Larceny, in criminal law, felonious taking of money or personal property of another. Larceny is distinguished from robbery, in that the latter involves the use of force or threats of injury against the person from whom the money or property is taken. Examples of larceny are the picking of another's pocket, the embezzlement of funds by a bank employee, the conversion to one's own use of personal property belonging to another, or obtaining property by fraud or false pretenses. Degree larceny depending depends on the value of the property stolen and ...