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a criminal act that is less serious than a felony
He was charged with committing a misdemeanor. a misdemeanor traffic violation
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Recent Examples of misdemeanor
One man pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for domestic violence in December 2024.
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Simon Meyer, 55, of Redding, pleaded no contest to two felony child molestation counts and a third misdemeanor charge, related to four victims aged 10-15.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
According to Hamilton County Municipal Court records reviewed by Cleveland 19, a warrant was then issued for Hyde's arrest for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, and police asked a judge to issue the woman a temporary protection order against the man.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
On Friday, Chief Marlin, 51, was charged with two counts of failure to report an ethics crime, which is a felony, and a misdemeanor charge of evidence tampering.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Simon Meyer, 55, of Redding, pleaded no contest to two felony child molestation counts and a third misdemeanor charge, related to four victims aged 10-15.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
According to Hamilton County Municipal Court records reviewed by Cleveland 19, a warrant was then issued for Hyde's arrest for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, and police asked a judge to issue the woman a temporary protection order against the man.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
On Friday, Chief Marlin, 51, was charged with two counts of failure to report an ethics crime, which is a felony, and a misdemeanor charge of evidence tampering.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdemeanor
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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The case has unnerved officials in Bangkok, worried about damage to Thailand's tourism industry due to fears of cross-border crime.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The violations for each of the officers included standard of conduct violations, death investigation procedure violations and report preparation violations.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Poppy Alexander, a partner at Whistleblower Partners who represents whistleblowers reporting corporate FCPA violations, echoes this thinking.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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According to the arrest affidavits, sheriff’s deputies arrived on the morning of Saturday, March 1, and gave trespass warnings to 10 people at the camp.—
Abe Aboraya,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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The teen was found in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, 14.5 miles south of Denver, after police responded to a trespass call on Feb. 23.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The main purpose was to allow prospective employers — other federal agencies or local police — to check their backgrounds for misconduct.—
Martin Kaste,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Between fiscal years 2015 to 2019, agency inspectors general substantiated only 100 allegations of employee time and attendance misconduct or fraud out of a federal workforce of around 2.1 million employees (the GAO report did not include postal workers).—
Laura Doan,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Misdemeanor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdemeanor. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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