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petty thefts

petty thefts is the plural of petty theft.

Meaning of petty theft

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.
    Synonyms:
    petty larceny

Questions about petty thefts

What is petty thefts the plural of?
Petty thefts is the plural of petty theft.

Words near petty thefts in the dictionary

  1. petty serjeanty
  2. petty session
  3. petty sessions
  4. petty spurge
  5. petty theft
  6. petty thefts
  7. petty treason
  8. petty whin
  9. petty-bourgeois
  10. petty-fog
  11. petty-fogged

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