Examples of petit theft in a Sentence
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Holder also had an active warrant for petit theft.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Slater faces multiple charges, including first-degree petit theft, two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and two counts of fraudulent use of personal information of an elderly person.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Those crimes included a petit theft at 6:25 p.m. Sept. 14 at a business on the 600 block of North Five Mile Road and a robbery at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at a business on the 600 block of North Orchard Street.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 2004, he's been charged with petit theft (low-value theft), possession of marijuana and cocaine, trespassing and indecent exposure in public, according to court documents.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Court records show three of the burglary charges are from Seminole County and the two other burglary charges, along with the petit theft charge, are from a Volusia County warrant.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The reporters agreed to those terms and Cohen gave them court records showing that Marlene Johnson, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, had been charged with unlawful assembly and petit theft about a dozen years earlier.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Slater faces multiple charges, including first-degree petit theft, two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and two counts of fraudulent use of personal information of an elderly person.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Those crimes included a petit theft at 6:25 p.m. Sept. 14 at a business on the 600 block of North Five Mile Road and a robbery at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at a business on the 600 block of North Orchard Street.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 2004, he's been charged with petit theft (low-value theft), possession of marijuana and cocaine, trespassing and indecent exposure in public, according to court documents.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Court records show three of the burglary charges are from Seminole County and the two other burglary charges, along with the petit theft charge, are from a Volusia County warrant.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The reporters agreed to those terms and Cohen gave them court records showing that Marlene Johnson, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, had been charged with unlawful assembly and petit theft about a dozen years earlier.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
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“Petit theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petit%20theft. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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