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Misdemeanour

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of misdemeanor. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "Therefore, welcome new Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, a man about whom even my esteemed political journalist friends know little - apart from the fact he was once Chief Whip, a job that requires knowing about every Tory MP's misdemeanours."

  2. 2
    a crime less serious than a felony wordnet

Etymology

From mis- + demeanour.

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