Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
misdemeanor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
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Examples
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Prove the intent, and the misdemeanour is complete.
The Alexandra 1863
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What it may change is the overall volume of arrests, since a felony is more likely to lead to a court case than a misdemeanour, which is what most prostitution charges currently qualify as.
Do Chicago Sex Workers need Swedish laws? « Bound, Not Gagged 2010
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Like Watts has so got to be punished for her 'misdemeanour', even though she's been 'enlightened' ...
rouflaquette Diary Entry rouflaquette 2007
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Knowing that the English authorities dealt very severely with this kind of misdemeanour, he promised them a goodly sum in damages, and sent them forward to Calcutta by the next train.
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After I had relocked my cell doors and cleaned up all evidence of the 'misdemeanour'
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Knowing that the English authorities dealt very severely with this kind of misdemeanour, he promised them a goodly sum in damages, and sent them forward to Calcutta by the next train.
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A furious Alonso has not held back in his criticism of Hamilton's actions in illegally overtaking the safety car in Valencia, as well as his vilification of race stewards 'tardiness in reaching their decision to punish him for it and what he regarded as the subsequent lenient nature of the drive-through that the McLaren-Mercedes star received for his misdemeanour, meaning that for having dutifully' respected the rules ', the
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Because the Palestinians have a legitimate grievance (which they do), every 'misdemeanour' of their political representatives is to be overlooked or excused: this includes anti-Semitism, programmatically encased; anti-democratic practices of every stripe; torture of political opponents (torture exactly as lamented and condemned, and correctly so, when countenanced by a Western government); and now war crimes.
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Marlet 2009
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Because the Palestinians have a legitimate grievance (which they do), every 'misdemeanour' of their political representatives is to be overlooked or excused: this includes anti-Semitism, programmatically encased; anti-democratic practices of every stripe; torture of political opponents (torture exactly as lamented and condemned, and correctly so, when countenanced by a Western government); and now war crimes.
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Because the Palestinians have a legitimate grievance (which they do), every 'misdemeanour' of their political representatives is to be overlooked or excused: this includes anti-Semitism, programmatically encased; anti-democratic practices of every stripe; torture of political opponents (torture exactly as lamented and condemned, and correctly so, when countenanced by a Western government); and now war crimes.
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