misdemeanant

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Recent Examples of misdemeanant The Northern Neck Regional Jail, where Paul Manafort will spend at least the next three months while awaiting trial, has the outward appearance of being a small local jail holding street thugs and assorted misdemeanants. Tom Jackman, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2018 The Northern Neck Regional Jail, where Paul Manafort will spend at least the next three months while awaiting trial, has the outward appearance of being a small local jail holding street thugs and assorted misdemeanants. Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdemeanant
Noun
  • Sterling police officers were called to the Ice Lanes bowling alley late Thursday night when officers contacted a trespasser who was suspected of being where he wasn't supposed to be.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The internet is obsessed with a giant dog trying to show his guarding skills against an unusual trespasser.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Boardman imposed a sentence of 97 months, citing Roske’s mental health and concerns about incarceration conditions and his status as a first-time criminal offender.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Since 2013, the law has allowed juvenile offenders serving life without parole to petition to have their sentence recalled and to be resentenced.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In a news release announcing the signature petition, backers of the measure featured quotes from prominent Colorado and national Democrats supporting deporting violent criminals, though none have apparently endorsed this specific measure.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This is the justification for the administration’s desire to deport criminals, persons who have truly harmed others by breaking laws.
    Scott Santarosa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Sophisticated scams can be carried out by less knowledgeable wrongdoers who use generative AI.
    Wire Services Wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Sophisticated scams can be carried out by less knowledgeable wrongdoers who use generative AI.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Like Scorsese’s work, Miller’s documentary is both big and small, local and global, and dense with sinners and saints alike.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Picking winners and losers, heroes and villains, pathways to success and failure, generates excitement for an event and manufactures a sense of urgency for maximal viewing pleasure.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
  • What the late Ka did to build resolve against the unforgiving brutalities of Brownsville, Marci combines with the flair of a Bond villain and contempt for anyone attempting to copy his mold.
    Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Actively inserting yourself into and attempting to stymie federal law enforcement or barging into a church, as some of these thugs did in Minneapolis, is hindering law enforcement and trespassing, respectively.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But as Duterte’s father, Vicente, had increasingly gravitated toward Malacañang, his son hung out with the family bodyguards—and crafted the persona of a rough-talking bugoy, or hoodlum, in his native Bisayan tongue.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Misdemeanant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdemeanant. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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