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pet·ty: adjective and adverb
ˈpet·ty of·fic·er: noun

pet·ty [ˈpeti] ADJ pej

1. petty:

petty (insignificant)

petty (insignificant)

petty (trivial)

2. petty (small-minded):

petty

petty

3. petty LAW (on a small scale):

petty

ˈpet·ty of·fic·er N NAUT

petty officer

mornariški podčastnik m

Usage examples with petty

petty crime

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

In order to advance to the rate of petty officer third class, a seaman would have to submit a request every 6 months. en.wikipedia.org

It also abolished the crime of petty treason. 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

This is supplemented by petty trading by the womenfolk. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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

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