petit theft

noun

US, law

: the crime of stealing something that does not have a high value

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In addition to the two first-degree murder charges, Wilson was convicted of grand theft, battery, burglary, and petit theft. —

Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 8 July 2024 Brito was picked up on an outstanding bench warrant related to a petit theft charge for allegedly shoplifting from a Target department store in Midtown Miami in 2017, her arrest report shows. —

Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024 Online court records showed Huber was charged with misdemeanor petit theft in May 2023. —

Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024 Kingsland resident Ryan Lee Mullis was charged with one count of grand theft and two counts of petit theft. —

Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024 Kingsland resident Robert Thad Bryant III was charged with a RICO violation, in addition to 49 counts of grand theft and seven counts of petit theft. —

Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024 Sternaman, who lives in a penthouse at the Mirador 1000 condominium in South Beach, was also arrested for petit theft on Jan. 3 and was released on a $150 bond, WPLG Local10 reports, citing Miami-Dade County court records. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024 Mott was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail for grand theft, felony petit theft, and two counts of burglary of a dwelling. —

Fox News, 14 Dec. 2023 According to the outlet, aside from the kidnapping charges, Jackson reportedly is also facing a separate count of failure to appear on a previous petit theft retail charge. —

Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023