(criminal law, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
Quoted in 2002, The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler (page 32)
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Any act of misbehavior.
: Because of the mother's lack of affection and the judgments made by everybody around her, the child is in opposition to everybody. Her misdemeanors may be partly the expression of her inner revolt.
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