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The story follows former police officer Thakur Baldev Singh, who enlists two small-time rogues — the charismatic Veeru and introspective Jai — to capture the notorious dacoit Gabbar Singh, who terrorizes the village of Ramgarh.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2025 New York City Police arrested him in 2025 for petit larceny, a misdemeanor for small-time theft.—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 13 June 2025 But these are small-time measures compared with getting us off the rare earth addiction, something so strategically important.—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 June 2025 For back-to-back nights, more than 45,000 fans packed the Big A to see the Savannah Bananas — a team born from a small-time collegiate summer team that became a tour de force that has forever changed baseball.—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for small-time
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