petit larceny

noun

: larceny involving property of a value below a legally established minimum

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In 2020, Drago was tried and convicted of criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny, and criminal mischief and sentenced to nine months in prison. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024 Williams has two pending assault cases in Brooklyn, and the attack came just two days after he was busted on petit larceny charges for stealing a victim’s wallet in Midtown Manhattan, Hall said. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024 He was sentenced on April 10 to 60 days of house arrest and three years probation on the petit larceny charge. —

Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024 October 17, 2022: Miller pleads not guilty to one count each of burglary and petit larceny in Vermont Superior Court for charges of stealing liquor from their neighbor’s unoccupied house. —

Zoe Guy, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for petit larceny

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1580, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of petit larceny was circa 1580

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“Petit larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petit%20larceny. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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