page_title: Larceny
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Larceny / By nation / United States
caption_attribution_description: Chart indicating the distribution of forms of larceny in the 2004 Uniform Crime Report.
context_page_description: Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law, where in many cases it remains in force.
  The crime of larceny has been abolished in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland due to breaking up the generalised crime of larceny into the specific crimes of burglary, robbery, fraud, theft, and related crimes. However, larceny remains an offence in parts of the United States, Jersey, and in New South Wales, Australia, involving the taking and carrying away of personal property.
context_section_description: Larceny laws in the United States have their roots in common law, pursuant to which larceny involves the trespassory taking (caption) and carrying away (asportation, removal) of the tangible personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of its possession. Larceny is now codified as a statutory crime in all U.S. jurisdictions. Under many states' larceny statutes, including California, larceny can include the taking of "money, labor, or real or personal property."
caption: Chart indicating the distribution of forms of larceny in the United States, according to the 2004 Uniform Crime Report.
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