eng: petty

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Meaning
means	(noun) larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) petty larceny, petit larceny, petty
means	(adjective) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" petty, lowly, junior-grade, subaltern, lower-ranking, secondary
means	(adjective) (informal) small and of little importance; "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" lilliputian, piffling, niggling, piddling, trivial, picayune, little, footling, fiddling, petty
means	(adjective) contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" petty, small-minded