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petty <-ier, -iest> [ˈpet̬i, Brit -ti] ADJ

1. petty pej:

petty detail

petty person

mesquinho(-a)

2. petty LAW:

petty crime

pequeno(-a)

petty officer

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Petty officials were also satisfied of with the change. en.wikipedia.org

It also abolished the crime of petty treason. en.wikipedia.org

He enlists a petty thief to enter the cave and retrieve it, whose attempt fails. en.wikipedia.org

Petty warfare is both used in ground and sea combats. en.wikipedia.org

It has few shops except for a small number of "potti kadais" (petty shops). en.wikipedia.org

The empire dissolved into petty polities, fighting among each other for war captives to sell into slavery. en.wikipedia.org

The combat teams are composed of ten men: petty officers and seamens and a commanding petty officer. en.wikipedia.org

It has no great ruler but only a number of petty chiefs ruling the various cities. en.wikipedia.org

He felt it important that the authority of petty officers should be boosted, and he did this by improving their quarters. en.wikipedia.org

Below the warrant officers came the petty officers. en.wikipedia.org

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