資料來源 : pyDict

輕罪;罪行

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Misdemeanor \Mis`de*mean"or\, n.
   1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. --Shak.

   2. (Law) A crime less than a felony. --Wharton.

   Note: As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally
         punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses
         were misdemeanors. In common usage, the word crime is
         employed to denote the offenses of a deeper and more
         atrocious dye, while small faults and omissions of less
         consequence are comprised under the gentler name of
         misdemeanors. --Blackstone. The distinction, however,
         between felonies and misdemeanors is purely arbitrary,
         and is in most jurisdictions either abrogated or so far
         reduced as to be without practical value. Cf. {Felony}.
         --Wharton.

   Syn: Misdeed; misconduct; misbehavior; fault; trespass;
        transgression.

資料來源 : WordNet®

misdemeanor
     n : a crime less serious than a felony [syn: {misdemeanour}, {infraction},
          {offence}, {offense}, {violation}, {infringement}]