Thesaurus results for PETTY LARCENY

petty larceny

noun

as in petit larceny

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Recent Examples of petty larceny At a brief Manhattan Criminal Court hearing, Wojciech Czech, 45, admitted to one count of misdemeanor petty larceny in a plea deal with prosecutors that required him to quit his job. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024 The third cop charged, Officer Jonathan Gonzalez, resigned from the NYPD in December and pleaded guilty in February to petty larceny and official misconduct. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024 In 2011, she was arrested on petty larceny charges for stealing a pair of scissors and a knife worth $32.50 from a supermarket. —

Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023 Across California, clearance rates for petty larcenies — thefts without the use of force or threat of force — have fallen substantially over the past three decades, records show. —

St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for petty larceny