misdemeanor 音标拼音: [m
, ɪsdəm'inɚ]
n . 轻罪;罪行
轻罪;罪行
misdemeanor n 1 :
a crime less serious than a felony [
synonym : {
misdemeanor },
{
misdemeanour }, {
infraction }, {
violation }, {
infringement }]
Misdemeanor \
Mis `
de *
mean "
or \,
n .
1 .
Ill behavior ;
evil conduct ;
fault . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
A crime less than a felony . --
Wharton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
As a rule ,
in the old English law ,
offenses capitally punishable were felonies ;
all other indictable offenses were misdemeanors .
In common usage ,
the word crime is employed to denote the offenses of a deeper and more atrocious dye ,
while small faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of misdemeanors . --
Blackstone .
The distinction ,
however ,
between felonies and misdemeanors is purely arbitrary ,
and is in most jurisdictions either abrogated or so far reduced as to be without practical value .
Cf . {
Felony }. --
Wharton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Misdeed ;
misconduct ;
misbehavior ;
fault ;
trespass ;
transgression .
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1913 Webster ]
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "
misdemeanor ":
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 MISDEMEANOR ,
crim .
law .
This term is used to express every offence inferior to felony ,
punishable by indictment ,
or by particular prescribed proceedings ;
in its usual acceptation ,
it is applied to all those crimes and offences for which the law has not provided a particular name ;
this word is generally used in contradistinction to felony ;
misdemeanors comprehending all indictable offences ,
which do not amount to felony ,
as perjury ,
battery ,
libels ,
conspiracies and public nuisances .
2 .
Misdemeanors have sometimes been called misprisions . (
q .
v .)
Burn '
s Just .
tit .
Misdemeanor ;
4 Bl .
Com .
5 ,
n .
2 ;
2 Bar . &
Adolph .
75 :
1 Russell ,
43 ;
1 Chitty ,
Pr .
14 ;
3 Vern .
347 ;
2 Hill ,
S .
C .
674 ;
Addis .
21 ;
3 Pick .
26 ;
1 Greenl .
226 ;
2 P .
A .
Browne ,
249 ;
9 Pick .
1 ;
1 S . &
R .
342 ;
6 Call .
245 ;
4 Wend .
229 ;
2 Stew . &
Port .
379 .
And see 4 Wend .
229 ,
265 ;
12 Pick .
496 ;
3 Mass .
254 ;
5 Mass .
106 .
See Offence .
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