Larceny
in law, the unlawful taking and carrying or attempting to carry away the personal property of another, with intent to appropriate said goods , and thereby deprive the rightful owner of their use; theft. In the United States in the different States larceny is variously graded, some commonwealths distinguishing it into grand and petit larceny, while others add the further distinction of simple and compound. Of the two former classifications the differentiating circumstance is the value of the goods taken, the theft of less than $50 in value (generally) constituting petit larceny, and of more than that amount grand larceny.