Misdemeanor

Noun
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 * 1)  A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment.  Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are usually called felonies.

Synonyms

 * petty crime

Adjectives for Misdemeanor
trifling; unlawful; ingenious.

Thesaurus
atrocity, badness, breach, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, deadly sin, delict, delinquency, dereliction, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, enormity, error, evil, evil courses, evildoing, failure, fault, feloniousness, felony, frowned-upon behavior, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, hooliganism, horseplay, illegality, impropriety, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, lawbreaking, malefaction, malfeasance, malpractice, malum, malversation, minor wrong, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance, misprision, misprision of treason, mortal sin, naughtiness, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, offense, omission, outrage, peccadillo, peccancy, positive misprision, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, thou scarlet sin, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unutterable sin, vandalism, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong, wrong conduct, wrongdoing

Alternative forms

 * misdemeanour

Etymology
Mis (prefix) against, opposing & Demeanour: originally from Demean, a later form of Demesne; master, power, domain, owner; and the suffix "our" from cour - course, run. Therefore Misdemeanour means "Against the way the owners or those with power run".

Translations

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 * Finnish: lievä rikos
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 * Russian:, правонарушение
 * Spanish: contravención