Translation

窃盗罪 / 窃盗 / 動産窃盗

Meaning

Larceny is a legal word for theft, especially taking someone else's personal property with the intent to keep it. It is more technical than the everyday word theft.

Examples

• 彼は重窃盗罪で起訴されました。
  He was charged with grand larceny.
• その事件は強盗ではなく窃盗罪として扱われました。
  The case was treated as larceny, not robbery.