PECCADILLOES Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

peccadilloes

noun

variants or peccadillos

plural of peccadillo

as in crimes

a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos, but no huge scandals.

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Recent Examples of peccadilloes There are, of course, peccadilloes in any minor-league park. — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026 Tens, then hundreds of millions of these AR spectacles will be mapping the contours of the world, along with all of its people, pets, possessions, and peccadilloes. — Mark Pesce, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2020

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Noun

The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
But using dogs to investigate crimes wasn’t widely adopted until the mid ‘80s, Gould said.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of crimes

Noun

When people have little relief from stress in a chaotic environment, their brains have difficulty coping with the ongoing prediction errors, Friston, McEwen and neuroscientist Achim Peters argued in a 2017 article.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Passengers will also be able to fix any name errors on their booking for free.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of errors

Noun

He’s also fully equipped with human foibles, including a longing for celebrity.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Perhaps why the comparatively slim amount of time spent on Borges’ late-in-life political foibles and fascist sympathizing is so uninspired — restrained, workmanlike, intentionally unprovocative, compulsory.

— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

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