Larceny is the crime of stealing — taking someone else’s property on purpose. It is a lawyer’s word more than a kitchen-table word.

Larceny is the crime of stealingLarceny是偷竊的罪 taking someone else's property on purpose也就是故意拿走別人的財產 It is a lawyer's word more than a kitchen-table word這比較是律師會用的詞，而不是餐桌上會聊到的詞

In news and in court, especially in American English, you will hear petty larceny (stealing something of small value) and grand larceny (stealing something of high value). In everyday British English people more often say theft or stealing; larceny sounds like a charge on a police report.

In news and in court, especially in American English在新聞和法庭上，尤其是美式英文裡 you will hear petty larceny (stealing something of small value)你會聽到petty larceny（小額竊盜） and grand larceny (stealing something of high value)還有grand larceny（高額竊盜） In everyday British English people more often say theft or stealing在日常英式英文裡，人們比較常說theft或stealing larceny sounds like a charge on a police reportlarceny聽起來就像警方報告上的正式罪名

Though actually, some places have folded the old larceny laws into a broader theft law, but the word is still widely understood as “the stealing crime.” It is formal. You would not tell a child “that’s larceny” over a biscuit. The act is larceny; the person is a thief, or someone charged with larceny — not “a larceny.”

Though actually不過實際上 some places have folded the old larceny laws into a broader theft law有些地方已經把舊的larceny法律併入更廣泛的theft法裡 but the word is still widely understood as "the stealing crime."但這個字仍然普遍被理解為『偷竊罪』 It is formal這個字很正式 You would not tell a child "that's larceny" over a biscuit你不會為了一片餅乾就跟小孩說『that's larceny（這是竊盜）』 The act is larceny這個行為叫做larceny the person is a thief, or someone charged with larceny做這件事的人是thief（小偷），或被控larceny的人 not "a larceny."而不會說『a larceny』