Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.

轻罪对于社区生活正在产生有害影响。

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A break in the investigation came when a petty thief testified that he had overheard the Crowninshield brothers plotting the crime in a gambling house.

谋杀调查取得了突破，一个惯偷证实，他曾在一家赌场无意间听到克劳宁希尔德兄弟在密谋作案。

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Lesson 8: All embassies in Rome are well aware that petty crime is a huge problem and can often replace passports with a few hour's notice.

第八课：罗马所有的大使馆人员都认为这些轻微犯罪是个巨大的问题而且这些犯罪人员常常会用几个小时的临时证明来更换他们的护照。

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The researchers looked at a variety of crimes - from petty crime to violent crime, finding a reduction in all of these when people took medication.

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As the country ages and grows poorer, this has led to a surge in petty crime, such as shoplifting by the elderly.

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Mr Zedillo has had to face both a surge in petty crime, which is blamed on the economic crisis, and an increase in organised crime: especially in drug-trafficking, after the relative weakening of the Colombian drug gangs allowed more room for Mexican ones.

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