How to Use petit larceny in a Sentence

petit larceny

noun
  • Plead guilty to petit larceny in exchange for a sentence of time served.
    — Khari Johnson, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Katz was charged with petit larceny last month and released on probation.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Drago also got three years of probation on the petit larceny charge.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • She was later charged with petit larceny and released on probation.
    — Fox News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Ezra Miller has entered not guilty pleas to felony burglary and petit larceny charges in Vermont.
    — Eric Francis, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • All three were charged with burglary, petit larceny and criminal trespass.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Woodbridge woman was charged with burglary and petit larceny.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The court documents show that the other two counts, which included a felony burglary count and a petit larceny count, were dropped.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Ortiz was also charged with petit larceny, while the other three suspects were charged with grand larceny.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The actor entered not guilty pleas to the felony burglary and petit larceny charges in October.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Over the last four months, Burke has been arrested four times for crimes ranging from petit larceny to burglary to assault.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • He was also sentenced to 30 days behind bars that year on a petit larceny conviction, court records show.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • He was initially charged with murder, arson and petit larceny, police said.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • For that incident, Ventura was hit with charges of assault and petit larceny.
    — Fox News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The actor was initially charged with trespassing, burglary and petit larceny, with the latter two charges now dropped.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The sentence for petit larceny in Vermont is one year behind bars or an up to $1,000 fine, or both.
    — CBS News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Miller, who’s charged with burglary into an occupied home and petit larceny, faces up to 26 years in prison if convicted of both charges.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The suspect pleaded guilty to petit larceny and received 12 months of probation.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • He was sentenced on April 10 to 60 days of house arrest and three years probation on the petit larceny charge.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
  • The Bermans contacted the police, but Katz turned herself in earlier this month and was charged with petit larceny.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • His last arrest was in September in Staten Island on a petit larceny charge, cops said.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But when prosecutors wrote up the complaint against Myers, the top charge was downgraded from felony grand larceny to petit larceny, court records show.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Bragg's office downgraded the charge to petit larceny, the New York Post reported.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • According to the legal documents, published by Deadline, the single counts of burglary and petit larceny would be waived.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • In this case, Guzman faces several charges, including petit larceny and reckless driving.
    — Jenna Deangelis, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Calderon, who police say is homeless, is facing a slew of charges, including murder, manslaughter, assault, burglary and petit larceny.
    — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • After the student refused, he was arrested in the middle of the cafeteria and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The felony burglary and petit larceny charges are dismissed without prejudice, meaning the case is closed if the yearlong probation is not violated.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But yeah, boosters, somebody who is doing the petit larceny pretty consistently, to the extent that there is an uptick going on—which is a matter of debate—they’re the people that are driving it.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • New York City Police arrested him in 2025 for petit larceny, a misdemeanor for small-time theft.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 13 June 2025

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