MISDEMEANOR in a Sentence

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Example sentences for MISDEMEANOR, such as:

1. Up to this point it was merely an affair of a misdemeanor.
2. An example of a level three misdemeanor is filing a false police report.
3. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges and was ordered to be released from Kent County Correctional Facility.
4. Such misdemeanors needed discriminating treatment, firm but reformatory, with no hint of injustice, and full proof of guilt.

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 Meanings and Examples of MISDEMEANOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
misdemeanor
 n.  minor crime; evil conduct; misdeed
Classic Sentence:
1  Up to this point it was merely an affair of a misdemeanor.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
2  To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
3  Poor Jo looked abashed, and silently chafed the end of her nose with the stiff handkerchief, as if performing a penance for her misdemeanors.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
4  Such misdemeanors needed discriminating treatment, firm but reformatory, with no hint of injustice, and full proof of guilt.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence:
1  An example of a level three misdemeanor is filing a false police report.
2  He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges and was ordered to be released from Kent County Correctional Facility.