PETTY LARCENY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petty larceny mean? 

• PETTY LARCENY (noun)
  The noun PETTY LARCENY has 1 sense:

1. larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

  Familiarity information: PETTY LARCENY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETTY LARCENY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

petit larceny; petty; petty larceny

Hypernyms ("petty larceny" is a kind of...):

larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)

 Context examples 

The busts! You never can get those busts out of your head. After all, that is nothing; petty larceny, six months at the most.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)