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Examples of petty larceny in a Sentence
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The third cop charged, Officer Jonathan Gonzalez, resigned from the NYPD in December and pleaded guilty in February to petty larceny and official misconduct.
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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.
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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.
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St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
Prior to his killing, Neely had a lengthy arrest record with New York police, a law enforcement source told CNN’s John Miller, including 42 arrests on charges including petty larceny, jumping subway turnstiles, theft, and three unprovoked assaults on women in the subway between 2019 and 2021.
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Maria Santana, CNN, 8 May 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1580, in the meaning defined above
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“Petty larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petty%20larceny. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
Legal Definition
petty larceny
noun
: petit larceny at larceny
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