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Discover LudwigThe phrase "petty thief" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe someone who has stolen something small or minor. For example, "The police arrested the petty thief after he was caught shoplifting from the local store."
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Dell tells them Charlotte is a petty thief.
Zen Starling is a petty thief and a railhead.
He was a sponger and petty thief whom Elliot had seen a number of times before.
As a youthful hustler, petty thief and drug-dealer he was "Detroit Red".
I was a junkie and a petty thief, the latter a direct result of the former.
He drinks too much and becomes a petty thief and vandal.
"I make out like a petty thief, come home, write new material and go out again".
In fact he was a petty thief who committed cold-blooded and senseless murder.
It was a petty thief and card cheat named Sammy with a long criminal record.
The petty thief, the man across the street, dead Samuel's son.
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Inside the car was Powell, a mentally troubled ex-con who with his partner, petty-thief Smith (Franklyn Seales, in a strong debut), panicked when they were stopped.
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