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
In 1960, he was arrested and charged with “mopery” for hanging out in a black-owned bar.
From Washington Times
One day he had stumbled while marching to class; the next day he was formally charged with “breaking ranks while in formation, felonious assault, indiscriminate behavior, mopery, high treason, provoking, being a smart guy, listening to classical music and so on.”
From Literature
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 Literature
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