larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
[ Syn: petit larceny , petty larceny ]
petty (n.)
inferior in rank or status; the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary
[ Syn: junior-grade , lower-ranking , lowly , secondary , subaltern ]
(informal) small and of little importance; a fiddling sum of money; a footling gesture; our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war; a little (or small) matter; a dispute over niggling details; limited to petty enterprises; piffling efforts; giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
[ Syn: fiddling , footling , lilliputian , little , niggling , piddling , piffling , picayune , trivial ]
contemptibly narrow in outlook; petty little comments; disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
[ Syn: small-minded ]