petty larceny

How to use petty larceny in a sentence

• At the same time another law was passed, disfranchising all voters who had been found guilty at any time of petty larceny.

  Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey

• He had all the contempt for a petty-larceny thief that the skilled safe-breaker has for the common purse-snatcher.

  'Me-Smith' | Caroline Lockhart

• They were somewhat addicted to petty larceny, but felony had been frightened out of their souls long ago.

  The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale

• In January, 1761, four men for “petty larceny” were whipped at the cart-tail round New York.

  Curious Punishments of Bygone Days | Alice Morse Earle

• It's discovering small evil in a man—petty larceny, sneak thieving—that pours sand into a woman's soul.

  Bulldog Carney | W. A. Fraser