misdemeanant

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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
  • Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The masked trespasser was wearing a black hoodie and black Converse shoes and was carrying a black tote bag.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Court records show Abugharbieh entered into a diversion program for first-time offenders charged with misdemeanors.
    Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Per the alert, surveillance footage showed that in each of the incidents, one offender gained access by breaking into several vehicle windows and then proceeding to remove valuable items inside the cars.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lamont and other Democrats said the raises were well deserved because the state needs to recruit workers for difficult jobs that include prison guards dealing with dangerous criminals and social workers dealing with troubled families in the state Department of Children and Families.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • Even before his arrest, there were signs that the Emirates was becoming less tolerant toward major criminals.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But critics of this effort say this internal mechanism fails to provide meaningful accountability and would protect wrongdoers from any future state bar investigation.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Anderson frames his argument largely in relation to the thought of thirteenth-century theologian Thomas Aquinas, who argued that Christians are generally obliged to directly confront someone who is behaving wrongly, and to do it in private to preserve the wrongdoer’s reputation.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Several verses emphasize that two or more people should work together to help, restore or confront a sinner, focusing on restoration through witnesses, gentle guidance and shared strength.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In its earlier days, The Boys might have done something with how Nanjiani’s Eternals and Rogen’s The Green Hornet both underperformed, and the Kick-Ass movies in which Mintz-Plasse played a villain left little cultural footprint.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Most of his videos, filmed in a local studio or sometimes on the streets of Charlotte, are high-quality shorts showing him in throes of battle with classic villains like Killer Croc or Bane.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Cabello, once Maduro's chief thug, can now be seen sitting across from high level Trump officials in meetings discussing business deals.
    Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • He’s beaten by thugs with a crowbar for an unfortunate outburst, exploited by neighbors in the council estate and arrested, all because people don’t understand Tourette syndrome.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Knesset recently legalized the death penalty for Arabs who murder Jews, but not for the hoodlum Israeli settlers who have been killing West Bank residents to seize their land.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • 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

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“Misdemeanant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdemeanant. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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