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petty larceny

noun

Law.
  1. larceny in which the value of the goods taken is below a certain legally specified amount.


petty larceny

noun

  1. 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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of petty larceny1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Four years later, she was charged with grand and petty larceny for spending more than $110,000 on a stolen credit card.

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Mr. Dalesandro has been charged with armed robbery with a deadly weapon, wearing a mask and petty larceny involving less than $2,000.

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It also called for prosecutors to treat certain armed robberies as misdemeanor petty larcenies if there is no risk of physical harm, and to forbid pretrial bail except in “very serious cases.â€

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They face one felony charge of burglary into an occupied dwelling and one misdemeanour charge of petty larceny.

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"From a landlord’s perspective, from storeowner’s perspective, we’re terrified of this, his policies and what not. Armed robbery of a store is now a petty larceny? What insanity is this?" he said.

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