misdemeanor

Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mis‧de‧mean‧or

Alternative forms

• misdemeanour (UK)

Etymology

mis- +‎ demeanor

Mis (prefix) against, opposing and 'demeanor'. See 'demeanor' for further explanation.

Noun

misdemeanor (plural misdemeanors) (US)

1. (law) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. Crimes which are punishable by great fines or by longer imprisonment are usually called felonies.

Synonyms

• petty crime

Translations

small crime

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕罪 (zh), 轻罪 (qīngzùi)

• Czech: přečin, přestupek (cs) m
• Dutch: overtreding (nl) f
• Finnish: lievä rikos
• 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)
• Portuguese: contravenção f
• Russian: проступок (ru) m (prostupok), правонарушение (ru) n (pravonarušenije)
• Spanish: contravención f

See also

• felony (more serious crime)