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misdemeanors



NOUN
criminal offense
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STRONGEST


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Toobin had been with CNN since 2002 and is the author of several books, most recently “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump,” published in August 2020.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Misdemeanors, issued by sheriff's deputies on behalf of the county, can result in arrest.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2020

Virginia Magistrate Kang Lee signed arrest warrants for Class 1 Misdemeanors against the two journalists, punishable by up to a year in jail.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2020

Misdemeanors accounted for about 16% of the transfers during that period this year, down from 22% last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2019

This Tribunal, at the Head of which was M. de Portail, now the first President, had condemned several Tax Gatherers for an infinite Number of Misdemeanors committed in the King’s Finances.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von



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