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Answer for the clue "Ms. Behavior ", 11 letters:
misdemeanor

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Word definitions for misdemeanor in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A misdemeanor ( American English ) or misdemeanour (British English) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than felonies , but theoretically more so than administrative infractions ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanour , infraction , offence , offense , violation , infringement ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also misdemeanour , "legal class of indictable offenses," late 15c.; from mis- (1) "wrong" + Middle English demenure (see demeanor ). Related: Misdemeanors ; misdemeanours .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misdemeanor \Mis`de*mean"or\, n. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. --Shak. (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. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state ...

Usage examples of misdemeanor.

His attorney, Howard Chamberland, had assured him everything was fine-Maybeck had been released on a misdemeanor charge.

A misdemeanor that carried penalties of as much as a thousand-dollar fine and a year in jail.

Malfeasance, nonfeasance, misdemeanors or felonies--it made no difference.

Warren Hastings with high crimes and misdemeanors, on the matter of the Rohilla war was negatived by a majority of one hundred and nineteen, to sixty-seven.

Among them they boast 874 felony arrests, 300 felony convictions, 1,682 misdemeanor arrests and 1,023 misdemeanor convictions, only 85 have ever served time in prisons or reform schools.

Angel convictions on 1,023 misdemeanor counts and 151 felonies -- primarily vehicle theft, burglary and assault.

Some had been convicted of a misdemeanor and not a felony, others were felons who had had their rights restored and others were simply cases of mistaken identity.

I howled at the top of my lungs for almost 30 minutes, raving and screeching about all those who would soon be cast into the lake of fire, for a variety of low crimes, misdemeanors and general ugliness that amounted to a sweeping indictment of almost everybody in the hotel at that hour.

Most of those arrested last week at the Hialeah pit were accused of misdemeanors, although a few face felony charges that carry possible five-year prison terms.

Most of the crimes would be misdemeanors, and the penalties would be laughably light.

Hiawatha When he came into the village, Found the people in confusion, Heard of all the misdemeanors, All the malice and the mischief, Of the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis.

How many glowing, garish icons to the overcommercialization of the holiday could he destroy before the damage toll took him 0 A G over the line from petty misdemeanor to something worse?

BY ANN COULTER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS The Case Against Bill Clinton SLANDER Liberal Lies About the American Right TREASON LIBERAL TREACHERY FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM ANN COULTER THE NEW BLACKLIST: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Deserving of the most hysterical liberal blacklisting for helping me with this book are: M.

Which leaves Clifton, who's currently at the tail end of ninety days on a misdemeanor possession.

Two uniformed officers stood together talking while the police dispatcher, like a barker, issued a monotonous, nonstop account of crimes and misdemeanors in progress: complaints about noise, a call reporting a domestic disturbance in another part of town, a prowler, a drunk urinating on a public street.