small-time in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for small-time in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

small-time [Am ˈsmɔl ˈˌtaɪm, Brit ˈsmɔːltʌɪm] ADJ

league1 [Am liɡ, Brit liːɡ] N

Translations for small-time in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

musicante N mf CSur sl

delincuente menor N mf

small-time in the PONS Dictionary

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Fences also often use chicanery to pad their profits by duping thieves (especially small-time thieves) about quality, quantity, and price.
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She played a catty high school student who swaps bodies with a small-time criminal.
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He steps up from playing small-time card games to becoming a bookie.
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Upon his release from prison he became something of a small-time criminal.
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They'd goad small-time investors to plunk down money, then dump their own shares right before the inevitable crash.
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One effect of modern patent usage is that a small-time inventor can use the exclusive right status to become a licensor.
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Why muck up a good story with forced, small-time obstacles?
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His ruthless and violent pursuit of leads only points out the small-time tawdriness of the organisation he hopes to legitimise.
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He is a small-time crime lord, trying to take over his cousin's businesses.
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Jimmy was a small-time bookie who had a reputation for never writing anything down.
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