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Meanings of petty larceny in English
Catalan
rateria Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Synonyms
Examples for "petty"
Examples for "petty"
1
Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett said the group were playing petty politics.
2
Which was true, of course, and petty of me to bring up.
3
I don't have time to resolve these petty family squabbles right now.
4
Oppression, daily petty harassment and humiliation are the breeding ground for violence.
5
The provost, however, had never wasted his time with such petty artifice.
1
A 40-year-old man serving four months in Rikers for petit larceny.
2
The crime of petit larceny, was thus merged in the greater one of burglary.
3
Remember, this man is dangerous, and he's wanted for murder, not petit larceny or crap-shooting.
4
Except that good of small value taken without violence shall be punished as petit larceny.
5
There was a dispute concerning some petit larceny-someslight discrepancy, we will imagine, since all this is pure romance, in the politician's accounts--
Usage of petty larceny in English
1
After all, that is nothing; petty larceny, six months at the most.
2
A shameless blend of petty larceny, mendacity, fleas, gourmandism, dirt and unequalled plausibility.
3
Why don't you forget your petty larceny troubles and start all over again?
4
Under the old, the jail was a finishing school of felony and petty larceny.
5
I'd suspect myself of petty larceny as soon as him.
6
No sir, he just wasn't cut out for petty larceny.
7
Why not exclude every man convicted of any degrading legal crime, even petty larceny?
8
Wouldn't it be gorgeous to sue R--for petty larceny?
9
However, if you reduce the charge to one of petty larceny, I will plead guilty.
10
Feeling no inclination to commit petty larceny on the ferns, I descended slowly and returned.
11
It's not murder-heain't got the pluck for that; but it may be petty larceny!
12
Jim Green was in jail for petty larceny.
13
Allen, Canty, and Ramseur also all had misdemeanor convictions, ranging from criminal mischief to petty larceny.
14
At this there was a voice from the bed, "That would be petty larceny".
15
He supported himself mostly by petty larceny.
16
They were somewhat addicted to petty larceny, but felony had been frightened out of their souls long ago.
