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misdemeanant
[ mis-di-mee-nuhnt ]
noun
- a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- Law. a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor.
misdemeanant
/ 藢尘瑟蝉诲瑟藞尘颈藧苍蓹苍迟 /
noun
- criminal law (formerly) a person who has committed or been convicted of a misdemeanour Compare felon 1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of misdemeanant1
Example Sentences
Ruben Delafuente, aka 鈥淭rippy,鈥 27, of Ontario was charged with distributing cocaine, engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, being a domestic violence misdemeanant in possession of a firearm, and possession of an unregistered firearm.
The judge added that before Jan. 6, 2021, he could not remember seeing a nonviolent, first-time misdemeanant 鈥渟entenced to serious jail time 鈥 regardless of their race, gender or political affiliation.鈥
Mazzocco is the 10th misdemeanant to be sentenced, along with one felon, and the fourth to be sentenced to jail time.
Because the common law rule did not give police the same degree of authority when minor infractions were at issue, Justice Kagan concluded that, absent a showing of exigency, 鈥渨hen the officer has time to get a warrant, he must do so鈥攅ven though the misdemeanant fled.鈥
鈥淭he flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home,鈥 she wrote.
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