| 单词 | petty larceny |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty larceny Distinction was formerly made between grand larceny and petty larceny, the former being the larceny of property having a value of more, the latter of less, than 12 pence. simple larceny, mixed larceny or compound larceny (see quot. 1769).extracted from larcenyn.petty larceny petty larceny n. (in many U.S. states and formerly in Britain) theft of personal property having a value of less than a legally specified amount. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] micherya1393 mitchinga1393 picking1402 purloining1417 pilferc1425 pickery1460 pilfering1548 filching1567 lurching1570 pilfery1573 petty larceny1578 filching-tradea1592 prigging1591 filchery1607 nimming1607 sneaking-budge1699 pilferage1732 cabbaging1774 weeding1819 pilferment1823 crib1855 filch1877 souveniring1919 1578–84 Court Bk. Lyme Regis (modernized text) f. 279 Hedgebreakers..for the third offence..shall be whipped about the town, as such persons ought to be which commit pekery and petty larceny. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 96 Pety larceny, as robbing mens horteyards, & gardens of fruite. 1592 R. Greene Blacke Bookes Messenger sig. Bv Filching, pettilashery, and such trifling toyes. 1637 in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS Comm. App. Pt. IV: MSS Duke of Rutland (1888) I. 498 in Parl. Papers (C. 5614) LXIV. 1 Such a cuning peti larceny of fripery hear as amazes us all. 1724 Pattern of Modesty 15 There will be no occasion to try him for petty larceny. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vii. 155 You are not charged with any petty larceny, or vulgar felony. 1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxiv. 12 Petty larceny In a regime based on grand larceny Might rank as conformity nient'altro With justice shall be redeemed. 2001 D. Lehane Mystic River 343 Predictable shit follows as the father is arrested on petty larceny. < as lemmas |
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