MISDEMEANOUR

UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] misdemeanor [noun] [C] - (in the US or in the past in Britain) a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crimePossession of small amounts of cannabis is a misdemeanour, whereas large-scale dealing in heroin is a felony (= serious crime).A misdemeanour is also an action which is slightly bad or breaks a rule but is not a crime.Sarah was really drunk last night, but she paid for her misdemeanours this morning with a dreadful hangover.