Usually means: Theft of low-value property.
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  1. petty larceny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petty larceny: Merriam-Webster
  3. petty larceny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petty larceny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. petty larceny: Collins English Dictionary
  6. petty larceny: Vocabulary.com
  7. petty larceny: Wiktionary
  8. petty larceny: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. petty larceny: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. petty larceny: Dictionary.com
  11. Petty larceny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. petty larceny: Rhymezone
  13. petty larceny: FreeDictionary.org
  14. petty larceny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. petty larceny: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. petty larceny: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. petty larceny: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. petty larceny: Legal dictionary

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  1. petty larceny: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (petty larceny)

▸ noun:  (law) A misdemeanor larceny; an act of theft wherein the amount stolen is insufficient to constitute grand larceny.

Similar:
petit larceny, petty crime, pilferage, mixed larceny, filch, infraction, misdemeanor, pilfery, mainor, misdemeanour, more...

Opposite:
grand theft, felony theft, major theft

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Similar:
petit larceny, petty crime, pilferage, mixed larceny, filch, infraction, misdemeanor, pilfery, mainor, misdemeanour, more...

Opposite:
grand theft, felony theft, major theft



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