Question

Martha is upset at catherine over the dinner bill the night before. martha believes catherine should have split the bill but she failed to pay any portion. martha and catherine work together at a local telemarketing center and martha sneaks to catherine's desk to take $20 from her purse. in terms of larcenies, this would be ______.

Answer 1

In terms of larcenies, this would be petty theft. Petty theft is defined as the crime of stealing things of low value. Stealing $ 20 is petty theft because $ 20 is considered to be a small amount of money.