misdemeanant
Americannoun
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a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
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Law. a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor.
noun
Etymology
Origin of misdemeanant
Example Sentences
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Mazzocco is the 10th misdemeanant to be sentenced, along with one felon, and the fourth to be sentenced to jail time.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2021
“The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2021
That venerable political firebrand had been adjudged guilty of contempt of court and had been sentenced to seven days' imprisonment as a first-class misdemeanant.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by David Christie Murray
Being a first-class misdemeanant, he was allowed to patrol the streets, which, however, were closely watched, and it seemed an impossibility for him to pass the sentinels.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
He was, I understand, at one time a firstclass misdemeanant in Glencree reformatory.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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