misdemeanors

noun

plural of misdemeanor
as in crimes
law 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 misdemeanors Spires is also charged with felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a dangerous person and three misdemeanors, while Wilson is also charged with two misdemeanors, filings show. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The day of the incident, Jacobs was charged with felony strangulation and suffocation, and four misdemeanors pertaining to domestic abuse. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Moore ultimately pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors and received probation. — Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Lake Zurich police said the driver of the car, 23-year-old Lazarus Holden of Lakemoor, was also arrested and charged with multiple felony charges for distribution of cocaine and fentanyl, as well as several misdemeanors. — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 California’s Proposition 47 reduced certain drug convictions from felonies to misdemeanors and allowed inmates and formerly incarcerated people to petition the court for resentencing. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 Hickerson petitioned the court to reduce his felony domestic violence convictions to misdemeanors and to expunge the case from his record. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Yet the resistance was never limited to cheering on Mueller or hoping to persuade Republicans to convict the president of high crimes and misdemeanors. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 Robert Zanolla was charged with felony conspiracy and criminal use of a communication facility, as well as related misdemeanors. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
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  1. crimes
  2. violations
  3. trespasses
Noun
  • In a strange quirk of the 2026-27 fixture list, Leeds have been sent to the scenes of those crimes in quick succession once again.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Federal prosecutors usually do not use espionage charges to convict foreign agents spying on exile groups, but instead charge them with other crimes like conspiracy or acting as an agent of a foreign government.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of crimes
Noun
  • After the story was published, YouTube removed several channels for content violations.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Other alleged violations — which total 23 in all — range from not having any smoke or carbon monoxide detectors throughout the property to failing to maintain the building in a structurally safe and stable condition.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of violations
Noun
  • Those included reports of a man with a gun, three drug overdoses, 56 disorderly conducts, 11 batteries, 13 trespasses and five robberies.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Bees don’t necessarily want to enter your home and bother you, but an open door or window can allow for some accidental trespasses.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of trespasses

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“Misdemeanors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdemeanors. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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