petty theft - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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petty theft (countable and uncountable, plural petty thefts)

  1. A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.
    Synonym: petty larceny
    Coordinate term: grand larceny

theft of property of low value