May 17, 2023petty means small. If i steal something trivial or a couple of euros it is petty theft particularly if violence is not involved. "petty but prior" means the culprit has a record of such.
Dec 14, 2022hi, please advise, in the context of bookkeeping, would you use cash register or petty cash? Nov 28, 2018a petty functionary, petty assizes 1, petty officer, petty tyrants, petty faults were, at the start of the 19th century, relatively common and neutral. Brant pinvidic - the 3-minute rule there's a definition of the verb snipe meaning "to make a sly or petty verbal attack" as in "he constantly sniped at his former.
"petty is as petty does." i think is the same as in spanish: Feb 17, 2009"a little man" is also an idiom for a petty man. Jan 28, 2018it's petty, not pretty.
Dec 6, 2006hi, everyone, risking being obvious, i would like to check if the only way i can understand "petty games" in this context is as "insignificant games":