misdemeanor
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)//
Any act of misbehavior.
Substantiv
- 1
historischA lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
He was charged with a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
The offense is treated as a minor misdemeanor.
criminal misdemeanor
charged with a misdemeanor
- 2
Any act of misbehavior.
petty misdemeanor
Because of the mother's lack of affection and the judgments made by everybody around her, the child is in opposition to everybody. Her misdemeanors may be partly the expression of her inner revolt.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English demeanor English misdemeanor From mis- + demeanor.
Formen
- Plural
- misdemeanors