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From mis- demeanor
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: mis‧de‧mean‧or misdemeanor (plural misdemeanors ( American spelling )
( criminal law , historical in UK ) lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems , generally punished less severely than a felony .
Coordinate term: felony Synonym: petty crime Any act of misbehavior .
Synonyms: delinquency misdeed wrongdoing see also Thesaurus:misdeed Quoted in 2002 , The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler (page 32)
Because of the mother's lack of affection and the judgments made by everybody around her, the child is in opposition to everybody. Her misdemeanors may be partly the expression of her inner revolt. small crime
Arabic: جُنْحَة (ar) f ( junḥa )
Bulgarian: простъпка (bg) f ( prostǎpka )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕罪 / 轻罪 (zh) ( qīngzuì ) , 輕微違反 / 轻微违反 ( qīngwéi wéifǎn ) ( Macau )
Czech: přečin (cs) , přestupek (cs) m
Danish: forseelse c lovovertrædelse c
Dutch: overtreding (nl) f wanbedrijf (nl) n ( Belgium )
Finnish: lievä rikos rikkomus (fi)
French: forfait (fr) m délit (fr) m
German: Vergehen (de) n
Greek: πταίσμα (el) n ( ptaísma ) ( up to one month of imprisonment ) , πλημμέλημα (el) n ( plimmélima ) ( up to five years of imprisonment )
Hebrew: חֵטְא (he) m ( ẖet )
Hungarian: szabálysértés (hu)
Italian: illecito (it) m ( literally “ illicit [act] ” )
Japanese: 軽罪 (ja) ( けいざい, keizai ) , 軽犯罪 (ja) ( けいはんざい, keihanzai ) , 微罪 (ja) ( びざい, bizai )
Kazakh: қылық (kk) ( qylyq )
Korean: 경죄 (輕罪) ( gyeongjoe ) , 경범죄 (輕犯罪) ( gyeongbeomjoe )
Polish: wykroczenie (pl) n występek (pl) m
Portuguese: contravenção (pt) f
Russian: просту́пок (ru) m ( prostúpok ) , правонаруше́ние (ru) n ( pravonarušénije )
Spanish: contravención (es) f falta (es) , mala conducta
Swedish: förseelse (sv) c lagöverträdelse (sv) c
Vietnamese: tiểu hình (vi) , khinh tội
Welsh: camymddygiad m
