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单词 petty larceny
释义

petty larceny


noun Law.

larceny in which the value of the goods taken is below a certain legally specified amount.
Also petit larceny.
Compare grand larceny.

Origin of petty larceny

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby petty larceny

petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, Petty-Fitzmaurice, petty jury, petty larceny, petty officer, petty sessions, petulance, petulancy, petulant
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Example sentences from the Web for petty larceny

  • It's too cramped, too girded about with petty-larceny conventions.

    North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • It simply means a thief on a grand scale, something more than "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," or petty-larceny rascal.

    Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
  • He had all the contempt for a petty-larceny thief that the skilled safe-breaker has for the common purse-snatcher.

    'Me-Smith'|Caroline Lockhart

British Dictionary definitions for petty larceny

petty larceny

noun

a variant spelling of petit larceny
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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