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petit larceny

petit larceny is the alternative form of petty larceny.

Meaning of petty larceny

Noun

petty larceny (countable and uncountable, plural petty larcenies)

  1. A misdemeanor larceny; an act of theft wherein the amount stolen is insufficient to constitute grand larceny.

Forms of petit larceny

pluralpetit larcenies

Origin of petit larceny

See petit.

Questions about petit larceny

What is petit larceny the alternative form of?
Petit larceny is the alternative form of petty larceny.

Words near petit larceny in the dictionary

  1. petit gateau
  2. petit gâteau
  3. petit juries
  4. petit jury
  5. petit larcenies
  6. petit larceny
  7. petit mal
  8. petit maître
  9. Petit Nevis
  10. petit pois
  11. petit pâté

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Adapted from Wiktionary: petit larceny (page history and authors); petty larceny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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