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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
originCoined in Middle English (as larceni) between 1425 and 1475 from Anglo-Norman larcin (“theft”), from Latin latrocinium (“robbery”), from latro (“robber, mercenary”), from Ancient Greek λάτρον (látron, “pay, hire”). Doublet of latrociny.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0