misdemeanour
US misdemeanor
/ (ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə) /
criminal law (formerly) an offence generally less heinous than a felony and which until 1967 involved a different form of trial: Compare felony
any minor offence or transgression
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How to use misdemeanour in a sentence
It was resolved that they had been guilty of a high crime and misdemeanour, and that they should be impeached.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayBut you shan't escape your misdemeanour in mauling those verses as you have done, by finding fault with my joke redevivus.
Handy Andy, Volume 2 (of 2) | Samuel LoverEach discovery of a misdemeanour had only been the prelude to fresh and worse concealments and hardening.
Modern Broods | Charlotte Mary YongeCertainly twenty-two attendants on the Mass were “impanelled” for trial for their religious misdemeanour.
John Knox and the Reformation | Andrew LangBut the spirit of the law clearly was that no misdemeanour should be punished more severely than the most atrocious felonies.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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