Usually means: Minor wrongdoings less serious than felonies.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. misdemeanours: Merriam-Webster
  2. misdemeanours: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misdemeanours: Vocabulary.com
  4. Misdemeanours, misdemeanours: Wordnik
  5. misdemeanours: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misdemeanours: Wiktionary
  7. Misdemeanours: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Misdemeanours: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Misdemeanours: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Misdemeanours: Medical dictionary

(Note: See misdemeanour as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Misdemeanour)

noun:  (British spelling) Alternative form of misdemeanor [(law, criminology, historical in UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.]
▸ Also see misdemeanour


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