Misdemeanor
[,mɪsdɪ'minɚ]
Definition
(n.) Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.
(n.) A crime less than a felony.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed,[See CRIME_and_FAULT]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
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Examples
- Did I tell you as I was tried, alone, for misdemeanor, while with Compeyson? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was certainly a hasty speech, my dear, said Mrs. Garth, with whom speaking evil of dignities was a high misdemeanor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- WINKLE [The above is a manly and handsome acknowledgment of past misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Poor Jo looked abashed, and silently chafed the end of her nose with the stiff handkerchief, as if performing a penance for her misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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