mopery
Americannoun
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mopish behavior.
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Slang. a violation of a minor or imaginary law or rule.
Etymology
Origin of mopery
Example Sentences
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A bunch of them were sent there for offenses they’d never heard of: malingering, mopery, incorrigibility.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
If anyone proposes another match race between these two super horses,” wrote a reporter after the race, “henceforth, he will be tried in the morning for treason, mutiny, mopery and non compos mentis.'''’
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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