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Meanings of petty crime in English

Catalan
delicte menor

Type of crime in Germany.

        delicte menor
        Synonyms
        Examples for "misdemeanor"
        Examples for "misdemeanor"
        1
        Four agreed to misdemeanor plea deals; the other cases are moving slowly.
        The Guardian
        2
        Due to a health concern, he was released with a misdemeanor citation.
        Ebony
        3
        There is in Leipsic a similar misdemeanor in a statue of Beethoven.
        Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
        4
        Lukaku can opt not to appear in court for the misdemeanor case.
        News.com.au
        5
        Bannon was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness.
        The Guardian
        Usage of petty crime in English
        1
        You never could distinguish between a petty crime and a hanging offense.
        The Book of Life
        2
        Worst for the average Neapolitan is a high level of petty crime.
        The new yorker
        3
        Drugs and petty crime, charges that often go hand in hand.
        The reversal
        4
        It's as if petty crime didn't exist before six months ago.
        The Guardian
        5
        The organisation mediates between victims of petty crime and the perpetrator.
        The Irish Times
        6
        We moved on to petty crime and matters of the heart.
        The forever war
        7
        Some gangs are already in the UK, fuelling a surge in petty crime.
        BBC
        8
        Yet there are those who pretend that petty crime is on the decrease.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917
        9
        Since the vac-train shutdown, absenteeism and petty crime had increased considerably in every arcology.
        The Naked God
        10
        The B'wa Kell has graduated from petty crime to an all-out war on the police.
        Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
        11
        Roma are often accused of petty crime and littering.
        Reuters
        12
        As a boy, he was involved in petty crime and smuggling between Turkey and Bulgaria.
        Reuters
        13
        Some had taken to petty crime and leg breaking.
        Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
        14
        But petty crime, thought Hunt, would not be Maggie's forte if she developed her possibilities.
        Children of the Whirlwind
        15
        Papua New Guinea's capital city is set to experience a new campaign to deter petty crime.
        Radio NZ
        16
        Others have taken to chopping wood in forests and some others have taken to petty crime.
        Reuters
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for petty crime
        Petty crime through the time
        Petty crime across language varieties
        New Zealand
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        United Kingdom
        Rare