1. Inferior in rank or status
   "petty officialdom";
   - junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern
    
2. [informal] Small and of little importance
   "limited to petty enterprises";
   - fiddling [informal], footling [informal], lilliputian [informal], little [informal], niggling [informal], piddling [informal], piffling [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal], trivial [informal], niggly [informal], piddly [informal]
    
3. Contemptibly narrow in outlook
   "petty little comments";
   - small-minded
    
4. (law) minor, of lesser importance
   "The court deals with petty larceny cases";
   - petit

1. Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
   "He was charged with petty larceny for shoplifting items worth less than $500";
   - petit larceny, petty larceny

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Derived forms: pettiest, petties, pettier

See also: junior, narrow, narrow-minded, unimportant

Type of: larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

Encyclopedia: Petty, Richard