misdemeanour
Britishnoun
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criminal law (formerly) an offence generally less heinous than a felony and which until 1967 involved a different form of trial Compare felony
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any minor offence or transgression
Example Sentences
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The four who had marketed the software were found guilty by an Athens court of misdemeanours of violating the confidentiality of telephone communications and illegally accessing personal data and conversations.
From BBC
The defendants could benefit from a 2019 law under which breaches of the confidentiality of communications are classed as a misdemeanour.
From Barron's
Sonko said the revised law would keep the offence at its current misdemeanour level.
From BBC
Brook's misdemeanour occurred before England touched ground in Australia, but it typified the slapdash approach to regaining the urn.
From BBC
Even before the emergence of Brook's misdemeanour, the excesses of Noosa were an abiding memory of this tour.
From BBC
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