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- noun Plural form of
larcener .
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Examples
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After presiding over a gang of torturers, murderers, grand larceners and extortionists, he flies back to England.
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After presiding over a gang of torturers, murderers, grand larceners and extortionists, he flies back to England.
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The former were low vaults, with narrow slits instead of windows, resembling, as Edward's groom observed, ` ` rather a prison for murderers and larceners, and such like as are tried at
The Waverley 1877
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The former were low vaults, with narrow slits instead of windows, resembling, as Edward's groom observed, 'rather a prison for murderers, and larceners, and such like as are tried at' sizes, than a place for any Christian cattle. '
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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The former were low vaults, with narrow slits instead of windows, resembling, as Edward's groom observed, 'rather a prison for murderers, and larceners, and such like as are tried at' sizes, than a place for any Christian cattle. '
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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The former were low vaults, with narrow slits instead of windows, resembling, as Edward's groom observed, 'rather a prison for murderers, and larceners, and such like as are tried at' sizes, than a place for any Christian cattle. '
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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The former were low vaults, with narrow slits instead of windows, resembling, as Edward’s groom observed, ‘rather a prison for murderers, and larceners, and such like as are tried at
Waverley 2004
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'rather a prison for murderers and larceners, and such like as are tried at' sizes, than a place for any Christian cattle. '
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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