petty larceny(n = noun.act) petit larceny, petty - larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale);
is a kind of larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

N  stealing, theft, thievery, latrociny, direption, abstraction, appropriation, plagiary, plagiarism, autoplagiarism, latrocinium, spoliation, plunder, pillage, sack, sackage, rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia, rape, depredation, raid, blackmail, piracy, privateering, buccaneering, license to plunder, letters of marque, letters of mark and reprisal, filibustering, filibusterism, burglary, housebreaking, badger game, robbery, highway robbery, hold-up, mugging, peculation, embezzlement, fraud, larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting, thievishness, rapacity, kleptomania, Alsatia, den of Cacus, den of thieves, blackmail, extortion, shakedown, Black Hand, thief, thieving, thievish, light-fingered, furacious, furtive, piratical, predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial, raptorial, stolen, sic vos non vobis.

chief petty officer, grand larceny, larceny, petit larceny, petty, petty apartheid, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, petty criticism, petty juror, petty jury, petty morel, petty officer, petty spurge, petty whin