misdemean
transitive verbDefinition of misdemean
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to behave (oneself) badly you that best should teach us, have misdemeaned yourself— Shakespeare
misdemean
nounDefinition of misdemean (Entry 2 of 2)
: an act of misbehavior if any convict shall … commit any misdemean— S. J. Barrows
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