noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A misdemeanour has been committed but the offender has not been caught.
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A typical drunk-driving misdemeanour , it said in my paper.
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Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement.
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It was evidently widely felt that its representatives were capable of more or less any form of major misdemeanour .
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On another occasion a relatively small misdemeanour proved unforgivable.
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The public eye, too, is alert for misdemeanour in this situation above all others.
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Two days later, we all suffered again for one person's misdemeanour .