misdemeanor

English

Alternative forms

misdemeanour (UK)

Etymology

mis- +‎ demeanor

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/
Hyphenation: mis‧de‧mean‧or

Noun

misdemeanor (plural misdemeanors) (US)

(law) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state prison for more than one year. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are sometimes called felonies.

Derived terms

Synonyms

petty crime

Translations

small crime

Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕罪 (zh), 轻罪 (zh) (qīngzùi), 輕罪 (zh), 轻罪 (zh) (qīngzuì)
Czech: přečin, přestupek (cs) m
Dutch: overtreding (nl) f, wanbedrijf (nl) n (Belgium)
Finnish: lievä rikos
French: forfait (fr) m, délit (fr) m
German: Vergehen (de) n, Ordnungswidrigkeit (de) f
Greek: πταίσμα (el) n (ptaísma) (up to one month of imprisonment), πλημμέλημα (el) n (plimmélima) (up to five years of imprisonment)

Japanese: 軽罪 (けいざい, keizai), 軽犯罪 (けいはんざい, keihanzai), 微罪 (びざい, bizai)
Korean: 경죄 (gyeongjoe), 경범죄 (gyeongbeomjoe)
Polish: wykroczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: contravenção f
Russian: просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok), правонаруше́ние (ru) n (pravonarušénije)
Spanish: contravención f, falta (es), mala conducta
Swedish: förseelse (sv) c, lagöverträdelse c

See also

felony (more serious crime)

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