petty thief
- a word derived from petty theft.
Example Sentences
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The veteran actor plays Frank in The Outlaws, a petty thief who has some serious bridge-building to do with his family, especially his grown-up daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2021
“Smart as the devil,” but a petty thief and delinquent, Jack is Ames’s namesake and a child of his best friend, the Presbyterian minister Robert Boughton.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
A coal miner’s wife forsakes him and their family for misfortune with a nervous petty thief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2020
Is being a jerk or a petty thief really an unforgivable sin?
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2018
There is no spiritual symbiosis; I'm just a petty thief who lifts his memories the same way I’ll take a handful of change left on his dresser.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
