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misdemeanant
[ mis-di-mee-nuhnt ]
noun
- a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- Law. a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of misdemeanant1
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Example Sentences
If it is a rational point—to remove the high misdemeanant from office—then the above scenario holds water.
From The Daily Beast
He was, I understand, at one time a firstclass misdemeanant in Glencree reformatory.
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At college he had put him down for a weakling—unballasted, misdemeanant.
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Four-tenths to each misdemeanant to whom one medal has been awarded.
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