different between depredation vs larceny

English

Etymology

From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?p???de???n/

Noun

depredation (countable and uncountable, plural depredations)

1. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
   • 2003, The Living Elephants: Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, by R. Sukumar, page 299:

     Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.

2. A raid or predatory attack.

   Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)

Translations

Related terms

• predation
• predator
• prey

English

Etymology

Coined 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 ?????? (látron, “pay, hire”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.s?n.i/, /?l??.s?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??.s?.ni/

Noun

larceny (countable and uncountable, plural larcenies)

1. (law, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]

   Synonyms: theft, robbery
2. (law, countable) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

Derived terms

• compound larceny
• grand larceny
• petit larceny, petty larceny
• simple larceny

Related terms

• larcenous
• larcenist

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Anagrams

• Carnley