"petty theft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: petty thefts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} 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. Wikipedia link: petty theft Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Criminal law Synonyms: petty larceny Related terms: grand theft Translations (theft of property of low value): 小偷小摸 (xiǎotōuxiǎomō) (Chinese Mandarin), näpistys (Finnish), larcin [masculine] (French), chapardage [masculine] (French), furto [masculine] (Galician), Bagatelldiebstahl [masculine] (German), こそ泥 (kosodoro) (alt: こそどろ) (Japanese), قایش (kayış) (Ottoman Turkish), ме́лкая кра́жа (mélkaja kráža) [feminine] (Russian), hurto [masculine] (Spanish), snatteri (Swedish), ringa stöld [common-gender] (Swedish), mân ladrad (Welsh)

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