misdemeanant

Definition of misdemeanantnext

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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
  • The trespasser was shouting profanities and throwing water from a plastic bottle, Tahara detailed.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Holmes qualified for the reduced term under a 2023 rule change allowing first-time offenders to do less time for some non-violent crimes, according to an order issued Thursday by the federal judge who sentenced her in 2022 for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And many Democrats see it as an effort to curb more liberal prosecutors who have embraced restorative justice policies, including steering nonviolent offenders away from prison sentences or taking more lax approaches to drug offenses.
    Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • That convenience also gives criminals a perfect disguise.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers.
    Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For now, his office is limited to civil actions against wrongdoers and passing information to the receiver and state and federal prosecutors.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One of my grandsons believes that his denomination is the only one and the rest of us are all sinners.
    Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Because lemme tell ya, there are new sinners inducted every day.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are no villains—or maybe life, or growing up, or getting older, is the villain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His grandiose persona rubbed many the wrong way early on, earning him a villain label.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Suddenly Odin gets a call telling him Korps leader Attila (Eili Harboe) and her thugs are on their way to finish the job.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The new Homeland Security person needs to unmask the thugs causing harm to families and innocent children.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.
    Andrew Pulver, Air Mail, 31 Jan. 2026
  • 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

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

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