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or peccadillos
as in crimes
a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious
His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos, but no huge scandals.
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Noun
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The growing crisis prompted the top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital to call for more accountability over rehabilitation for youth crimes as her office focuses on enhancing enforcement and increasing staffing.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026 -
Prison records show that Bellue has not been convicted of crimes in South Carolina or North Carolina.—
Julia Coin
May 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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Its document generation tools guide founders through complex legal processes step by step, reducing errors and ensuring completeness.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Two incidents in January involved reversing errors, including backing into a wooden utility pole and hitting a curb while parking.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Assayas offers anecdotes, a feuilleton of tyranny in which the foibles of the mighty and the ruthless reveal the sentimental side of cruelty, the amusement value of ugly deeds, and the polite side of monstrous ideas.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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The British sketch comedy troupe Monty Python loved taking aim at contemporary foibles through its twisted and liberal reading of history.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Peccadilloes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peccadilloes. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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