Phrases related to: petty theft

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sweat the small stuff	To worry about petty issues or insignificant matters.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
five-finger discount	Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
caught with one's hand in the cookie jar	Observed or apprehended while committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'y a pas de sots métiers, il n'y a que de sottes gens	People may be petty, but work never is.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nickel and dime	Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
peck at	To attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rise above	To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sticky fingers	A petty thief or petty thieves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
syllabarum auceps	a verbal, petty critic; a caviller.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tin god	An individual that abuses or exceeds his authority over others, frequently in petty ways; for example a low-level manager in situational comedies and other entertainment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
with one's hand in the cookie jar	While committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)