| 单词 | infraction |
| 释义 | infraction (once / 4650 pages) n When you break school rules about gum chewing, you commit an infraction. An infraction is a petty crime or a minor breaking of rules. When you think of the word infraction, think that your offence has just crossed the line into wrong. Something like a parking ticket is an infraction. When you commit an infraction, you're not knee deep in wrong, you've just dipped your toe into wrong to see what it feels like. A misdemeanor is a more serious crime such as theft, and murder is considered a felony, the most serious of crimes. WORD FAMILYinfraction: infractions+/infract: infracted, infracting, infraction, infracts USAGE EXAMPLESPretrial officials are supposed to report the infraction, although those records are not filed on the public docket. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Harvest Hill Farm pleaded guilty to a felony driving infraction in exchange for dismissal of a manslaughter charge. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) That lack of manpower, combined with often minor penalties for infractions, encourages people to cut corners, farmworker advocates say. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) n a crime less serious than a felony Syn|Hypo|Hyper infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled false pretence, false pretense(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation indecent exposure, public nudityvulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place bearing false witness, lying under oath, perjurycriminal offense of making false statements under oath seditionan illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act |
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