§ 155.00 Larceny; definitions of terms.\n The following definitions are applicable to this title:\n 1. "Property" means any money, compensation for labor or services,\npersonal property, real property, computer data, computer program, thing\nin action, evidence of debt or contract, or any article, substance or\nthing of value, including any gas, steam, water or electricity, which is\nprovided for a charge or compensation.\n 2. "Obtain" includes, but is not limited to, the bringing about of a\ntransfer or purported transfer of property or of a legal interest\ntherein, whether to the obtainer or another.\n 3. "Deprive." To "deprive" another of property means (a) to withhold\nit or cause it to be withheld from him permanently or for so extended a\nperiod or under such circumstances that the major portion of its\neconomic value or benefit is lost to him, or (b) to dispose of the\nproperty in such manner or under such circumstances as to render it\nunlikely that an owner will recover such property.\n 4. "Appropriate." To "appropriate" property of another to oneself or a\nthird person means (a) to exercise control over it, or to aid a third\nperson to exercise control over it, permanently or for so extended a\nperiod or under such circumstances as to acquire the major portion of\nits economic value or benefit, or (b) to dispose of the property for the\nbenefit of oneself or a third person.\n 5. "Owner." When property is taken, obtained or withheld by one person\nfrom another person, an "owner" thereof means any person who has a right\nto possession thereof superior to that of the taker, obtainer or\nwithholder.\n A person who has obtained possession of property by theft or other\nillegal means shall be deemed to have a right of possession superior to\nthat of a person who takes, obtains or withholds it from him by\nlarcenous means.\n A joint or common owner of property shall not be deemed to have a\nright of possession thereto superior to that of any other joint or\ncommon owner thereof.\n In the absence of a specific agreement to the contrary, a person in\nlawful possession of property shall be deemed to have a right of\npossession superior to that of a person having only a security interest\ntherein, even if legal title lies with the holder of the security\ninterest pursuant to a conditional sale contract or other security\nagreement.\n 6. "Secret scientific material" means a sample, culture,\nmicro-organism, specimen, record, recording, document, drawing or any\nother article, material, device or substance which constitutes,\nrepresents, evidences, reflects, or records a scientific or technical\nprocess, invention or formula or any part or phase thereof, and which is\nnot, and is not intended to be, available to anyone other than the\nperson or persons rightfully in possession thereof or selected persons\nhaving access thereto with his or their consent, and when it accords or\nmay accord such rightful possessors an advantage over competitors or\nother persons who do not have knowledge or the benefit thereof.\n 7. "Credit card" means any instrument or article defined as a credit\ncard in section five hundred eleven of the general business law.\n 7-a. "Debit card" means any instrument or article defined as a debit\ncard in section five hundred eleven of the general business law.\n 7-b. "Public benefit card" means any medical assistance card, food\nstamp assistance card, public assistance card, or any other\nidentification, authorization card or electronic access device issued by\nthe state or a social services district as defined in subdivision seven\nof section two of the social services law, which entitles a person to\nobtain public assistance benefits under a local, state or federal\nprogram administered by the state, its political subdivisions or social\nservices districts.\n 7-c. "Access device" means any telephone calling card number, credit\ncard number, account number, mobile identification number, electronic\
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