1. (noun)petit larceny, petty larceny, petty larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
2. (adj)junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern inferior in rank or status "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
3. (adj)fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial (informal) small and of littleimportance "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
4. (adj)petty, small-minded contemptibly narrow in outlook "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
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