Examples of petty larceny in a Sentence
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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.
—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.
—Maria Santana, CNN, 8 May 2023
Savannah Jones, 26, was arrested on a charge of false identification and had an outstanding warrant for charges of grand and petty larceny, police said.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
Jones had two warrants from Prince William County for grand and petty larceny, according to Manassas Park police.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2023
The actor was hit with assault and petty larceny charges in July after allegedly hitting another man multiple times and taking his phone, according to TMZ.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 16 Sep. 2022
Simon and co-creator George Pelecanos use a time-hopping narrative to juggle multiple subplots about petty larceny and bureaucratic indifference with historic recreations of the Freddie Gray protests.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022
Jake Hoyle’s pandemic Olympics started with petty larceny.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 July 2021
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
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.
—Maria Santana, CNN, 8 May 2023
Savannah Jones, 26, was arrested on a charge of false identification and had an outstanding warrant for charges of grand and petty larceny, police said.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
Jones had two warrants from Prince William County for grand and petty larceny, according to Manassas Park police.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2023
The actor was hit with assault and petty larceny charges in July after allegedly hitting another man multiple times and taking his phone, according to TMZ.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 16 Sep. 2022
Simon and co-creator George Pelecanos use a time-hopping narrative to juggle multiple subplots about petty larceny and bureaucratic indifference with historic recreations of the Freddie Gray protests.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022
Jake Hoyle’s pandemic Olympics started with petty larceny.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 July 2021
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circa 1580, in the meaning defined above
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petty larceny
noun
: petit larceny at larceny
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