Synonyms of misdemeanor

misdemeanor

noun

as in crime

law a criminal act that is less serious than a felony

He was charged with committing a misdemeanor.

a misdemeanor traffic violation

Related Words

• crime
• violation
• trespass
• misconduct
• criminality
• misfeasance
• offense
• transgression
• misdeed
• wrongdoing
• debt
• error
• sin
• breach
• lawbreaking
• hate crime
• infringement
• misdoing
• malefaction
• fault
• foible
• sinfulness
• bias crime
• corruption
• peccadillo
• immorality
• illegality
• abuse
• wickedness
• vice
• break
• unlawfulness
• licentiousness
• debauchery
• depravity
• iniquity
• fall
• lawlessness
• iniquitousness
• downfall
• descent

Dissimilar Words

• innocence
• blamelessness
• virtue
• morality
• impeccability
• righteousness
• guiltlessness
• goodness
• faultlessness
• virtuousness
• irreproachability
• noncrime

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misdemeanor

Hickerson petitioned the court to reduce his felony domestic violence convictions to misdemeanors and to expunge the case from his record. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Hickerson asked a judge to reduce one of the felony charges to a misdemeanor last week, but the request was denied. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

However, those penalties are limited to misdemeanor charges and small fines. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Pilar Freeman, who served as the LA Jazz Festival’s chief operating officer, pleaded guilty in 2012 to a misdemeanor count of failure to file a 2008 tax return for money that Local 6434 of the Service Employees International Union paid to her firm. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026