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Recent Examples of petit larceny
On October 11, 2023, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) charged him with felony grand larceny, petit larceny, and reckless driving.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
He was previously arrested by the New York City Police Department in April for petit larceny and by the New Jersey Police Department in May for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary and possession of burglary tools, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, the felony burglary and petit larceny charges were both dismissed without prejudice.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 23 June 2025
He was arrested in April for petit larceny and last month, he was arrested for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools, the agency said.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
He was previously arrested by the New York City Police Department in April for petit larceny and by the New Jersey Police Department in May for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary and possession of burglary tools, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, the felony burglary and petit larceny charges were both dismissed without prejudice.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 23 June 2025
He was arrested in April for petit larceny and last month, he was arrested for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools, the agency said.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petit larceny
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Police confirmed the man had been arrested for petty larceny.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Pitt was previously arrested in July 2022 for assault and petty larceny for allegedly hitting a man multiple times and taking his phone.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Polk is charged with one count each of first-degree murder and embezzlement from a vulnerable adult and two counts each of forgery of a document, identity theft and possession of a financial transaction device.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Have Third Parties Do Financial Audits And Reviews To deter embezzlement, founders should implement regular financial audits and reviews by an independent third party.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Petit larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petit%20larceny. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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