misdemeanor
70 synonyms found
- atrocity
- breach
- crime
- crime against humanity
- criminal tendency
- criminality
- criminosis
- deadly sin
- delict
- delinquency
- dereliction
- discourtesy
- disorderly conduct
- disruptiveness
- enormity
- evil courses
- evildoing
- feloniousness
- felony
- frowned-upon behavior
- genocide
- guilty act
- heavy sin
- hooliganism
- illegality
- indiscretion
- inexpiable sin
- iniquity
- injustice
- lapse
- lawbreaking
- malefaction
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- malum
- malversation
- minor wrong
- misdeed
- misdoing
- misfeasance
- misprision
- misprision of treason
- mortal sin
- nonfeasance
- nonsanctioned behavior
- omission
- peccadillo
- peccancy
- positive misprision
- roughhouse
- rowdiness
- rowdyism
- ruffianism
- sin
- sin of commission
- sin of omission
- sinful act
- thou scarlet sin
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- trip
- unutterable sin
- vandalism
- venial sin
- vice
- viciousness
- violation
- wrong conduct
- wrongdoing
Definition
(n) :
a crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are usually called felonies