12 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun a crime less serious than a felony
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English demeanour English misdemeanour From mis- + demeanour.
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