单词 | misdemeanor |
释义 | † misdemeanorn. Obsolete. 1. A person guilty of a misdemeanour. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > other types of criminal felon1297 misdemeanor1533 misfeasor1631 Alsatian1688 cosh-man1869 strong arm1893 street man1904 war criminal1906 Raffles1907 lone wolf1909 muscle man1929 single-o1930 hot rod1936 cosh1937 muscle boy1940 muscle1942 cosh-boy1953 cosh-bandit1954 slag1955 frightener1962 scammer1972 shonk1981 bail bandit1991 1533 Chron. Calais (1846) 154 If they fynde any mysdemeanours, suspect persons or straungers stirring in the strets. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 3 §1 The same mysdemeanours, Felons, Robbers and burglaries have..the pryvylege..of theire clergie. 2. A person imprisoned for a misdemeanour; a misdemeanant.Apparently in regular prison use till c1820, when misdemeanant took its place.The early legislation on the classification of prisoners in the United Kingdom (1784 and 1823) specifies that prisoners charged or convicted of misdemeanours should be regarded as a separate class. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > a convicted criminal misdemeanor1812 misdemeanant1819 misdemeanist1862 1812 ‘A Prisoner’ in Examiner 7 Sept. 574/2 The acts of Parliament required him to keep the felons and misdemeanours separate. 1814 Minutes Evid. State Gaols London (Parl. Papers) App. i. 33 There are three [prisoners] for misdemeanors in the other misdemeanor ward. 1815 Rep. Comm. K.B. Prisons (Parl. Papers) 229 Four felons, nine misdemeanors, and one fine. 1818 Minutes Evid. Comm. Prisons Metrop. VIII. 109 For debtors, male and female, and vagrants and misdemeanors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : misdemeanourmisdemeanorn. < n.1533 see also |
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