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Recent Examples of petit larceny
Pineda-Mogollon was accused of petit larceny in New York City in April and residential burglary in Union, N.J., in May.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 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
On October 11, 2023, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) charged him with felony grand larceny, petit larceny, and reckless driving.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Betancourt has 10 prior arrests, including for strangulation, petit larceny, assault on a police officer and forcible touching.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 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
On October 11, 2023, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) charged him with felony grand larceny, petit larceny, and reckless driving.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Betancourt has 10 prior arrests, including for strangulation, petit larceny, assault on a police officer and forcible touching.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petit larceny
petty larceny
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He was arrested in April for petty larceny and arrested last month for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary and possession of burglary tools.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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Marco Andon, 34, was at central booking in downtown Manhattan after getting busted for petty larceny when he was mistakenly set free around 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to officials.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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“Petit larceny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petit%20larceny. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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