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单词 misdemeanor
释义 mis·de·mean·or
\-nə(r)\ noun
Usage: see -or
Etymology: mis- (I) + demeanor
1. : a crime less than a felony; specifically : a crime that is not punishable by death or imprisonment in a state penitentiary
2.
 a. archaic : evil conduct : misbehavior
  < the whole town … is distressed for the misdemeanor of a few — Samuel Johnson >
 b. : an act of bad conduct : misdeed, offense
  < the failure of the family, a being of incalculable misdemeanors — H.G.Wells >
  < leads to such misdemeanors in literary criticism as the too facile relating of a writer's entire working life to an unhappy childhood — Miriam Allott >
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