crime vs petty theft

crime

noun
  • A specific act committed in violation of the law. 

  • The habit or practice of committing crimes. 

  • Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. 

  • Criminal acts collectively. 

verb
  • To subject to disciplinary punishment. 

  • To commit crime. 

petty theft

noun
  • A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime. 

How often have the words crime and petty theft occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )