misfeasors

Definition of misfeasorsnext
plural of misfeasor

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Noun
  • At the same time, Connecticut continues to pursue criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing incarceration and expanding diversionary opportunities for offenders.
    Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The state's attorney's office is also trying to prevent deaths by requesting detention for felony domestic battery offenders at a much higher rate.
    Megan De Mar, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That way, even if your data circulates, criminals have a harder time breaking in.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • By demanding justice and dignity for the drug-war dead, were nuns, priests, pastors, and other sympathizers not protecting criminals?
    Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The movie does attempt to gesture at class and race as thematic underpinnings (the maids trapped in The Virgil are mostly non-white, while the villains are rich Caucasians), but like the story and action at large, these go pretty much nowhere, and feel like obligatory symbols.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Jack Balderrama Morley examines the beautiful, terrible, villains of reality television.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Lawsuits help felons get their guns back A majority of the 22 individuals named in February by the attorney general had their rights restored after applying for full pardons at the department.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Of those arrested, 105 were convicted felons, and 61 were documented gang members.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In similar manner, the true lawbreakers when innocent folks were brought to our shores between 1808 and 1865 were not the victims themselves.
    Walter E Block, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
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