It seemed somewhat larcenous to get such a return on that investment. From LearnThat.org.
Or it could be more consciously larcenous than that. From Wordnik.com. [Department of Greenwashing: Ceci La Luna lambrusco | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
Once again you have larcenous plans gone farcically awry. From Wordnik.com. [Lock, Stock, Same Barrel] Reference
Marketers also capitalize on the larcenous side of recessions. From Wordnik.com. [Many Have Claimed] Reference
The estate tax is probably the tax that is the most larcenous. From Wordnik.com. [Income Distribution Stories, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
But suppose the insured had been a trifle larcenous or foolish. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
If they are larcenous at least they are not efficient about it. From Wordnik.com. [Coulter's War: Ann Coulter acknowledges the covert NeoCon war on Americans] Reference
The sums involved were scarcely enough to whet his larcenous appetite. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Declaration of Independence and the Case for Non-Ethnic Secession:] Reference
Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is a family man with a larcenous heart. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox] Reference
"Wouldn't be the first time good manners have shielded a larcenous heart.". From Wordnik.com. [Mission to Moulokin]
Has yoo bin hanging owt with LCB laytely and pikkin up her larcenous habbits?. From Wordnik.com. [I lub yu! I missed yu! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
In other words we need to call all this larcenous conduct what it is: A crime. From Wordnik.com. [Modern-Day Pyramids] Reference
Nor is this is the first time larcenous rabbis have made headlines in New Jersey. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Dezenhall: "Corruption Shtick" in the Garden State] Reference
Ideas are the currency of science, and the stealing of credit is as larcenous as it gets. From Wordnik.com. [von Storch and Zorita blog on the Hockey Stick « Climate Audit] Reference
Where it had previously been largely intimidatory and larcenous, it had now become violent. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Intelligence man waddled up the Spanish Stairs, a gross cook with a larcenous countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger! Tiger!]
The Intelligence man waddled up the Spanish Stairs, a gross cook with a~, larcenous countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
Tinges of peccadillo, a touch here and there of larcenous desire, and a wisp of dishonesty, yes. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
The audience's responsive chant — "Yes, we can" — must have seemed larcenous to Obama supporters. From Wordnik.com. [In politics, never dis a pickup] Reference
Something about Son-tag's larcenous nature and there being a possibility that they could work together. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Alley]
Either there's a couture bandit on the loose or fashion designer Pauline Trigère has a particularly larcenous fan. From Wordnik.com. [Burn, Prenup, Burn!] Reference
The only exception is the tale of the larcenous mice, which I have reconstructed based on an interview with the victim. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Talking Hands by Margalit Fox] Reference
It was very comforting to know that your country's foreign relations were in the safe hands of larcenous ratbags like that. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Clooney had deeper notes to strike in "Out of Sight," but his relaxed suavity makes him the perfect host of this larcenous party. From Wordnik.com. [Boys Just Wanna Have Fun] Reference
A larcenous gleam filled the half-orc's eyes, and he glanced toward the bobbing lanterns atop the stern of the departing caravel. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Where his underling Buddy (Lucas Black) is painfully honest and uninteresting, Frank is inherently larcenous, and a laugh a minute. From Wordnik.com. ['Get Low' Rides High on Great Acting] Reference
Shouts of encouragement tripped across the gathering, as did some choice remarks about the larcenous hyenas in the corporate suite. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story: "Turnabout" (part 4 of a Series)] Reference
I got an e-mail this morning informing me that The Muppet Show Comic Book #1 is going for some larcenous price on Amazon right now. From Wordnik.com. [Please Me, Tease Me] Reference
Sickness speaketh in such craving, and invisible degeneration; of a sickly body, speaketh the larcenous craving of this selfishness. From Wordnik.com. [Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none] Reference
"Ultimately, The Hoax seems designed to appeal to the larcenous impulse in all of us," writes Andrew Sarris in the New York Observer. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 3/28.] Reference
The ground has already been cleared for another larcenous crusade; another monstrous, unprovoked aggression against a peaceful nation. From Wordnik.com. [The impending Cakewalk in Iran by Mike Whitney] Reference
But his larcenous, violent ways never abated, and on his eighteenth birthday, his father tossed him out, telling him never to come back. From Wordnik.com. [The Thieves of Darkness] Reference
It is possible by imposing restraints on larcenous impulses that we could create a system that encourages innovation as well as fairness. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Better Fetters] Reference
In years past, the steep cost of keeping in contact sometimes led long-distance lovers to find inventive -- even larcenous -- alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Love Is in the Air(waves)] Reference
Somewhere out in the world her little blond daughter was growing up with a false name, a false identity, a set of false, larcenous parents. From Wordnik.com. [Earthly Possessions]
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