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misdemeanors



NOUN
criminal offense
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STRONGEST


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County district attorney’s office in 2015 and has handled misdemeanors, felonies and domestic violence cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The eight men charged with misdemeanors have hearings scheduled for Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In addition to Hearn, the government charged three other people—Cameron Thiers, Sophie Dennison-Gibby and Justin Carreno—with misdemeanors for allegedly damaging the reflecting pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Pirro vowed to hold to account anyone who damages national monuments and said her office is reviewing about a half-dozen other cases which will be misdemeanors or violations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Arrests for misdemeanors, for the kind of minor offenses that had gone unnoticed in the past, went up fivefold between 1990 and 1994.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell



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