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English · Q1355

Synonyms

Competitive Exams · English · question 1355

Q1355

He was punished to rigorous imprisonment for larceny.

A.
murder
B.
forgery
C.
stealing
Answer
D.
dacoity

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Murder : the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Forgery : the action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
Stealing : take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
Dacoity : (in India or Burma (Myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang.
Larceny : theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Synonym of Larceny is Stealing