• It agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanour related to the marketing of Vioxx to doctors.

    ECONOMIST: Business this week

  • Originally they faced a felony charge of spying, which carries a 20-year sentence, but this was later downgraded to misdemeanour charges.

    BBC: Greek court convicts plane-spotters

  • Mr Kasonkomona's lawyer argued that as his client was being charged with a misdemeanour he should be granted bail.

    BBC: Men holding hands

  • Whelan explained how King had kept the club in the dark about the most recent, and most severe misdemeanour.

    BBC: Wigan to sack jailed striker King

  • Lohan had been on probation for almost three years after pleading guilty to misdemeanour drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.

    BBC: US judge who jailed Lindsay Lohan replaced

  • Dubai prosecutors told Dubai Misdemeanour Court that Mr Emmett had been drinking alcohol when he entered the police station in Al Rashidiya to complete paperwork relating to his wife's death.

    BBC: Ex-biker Sean Emmett fined for Dubai alcohol offence

  • One possibility is the prosecution could drop the three felony charges in a plea bargain in which the defence accepts the four lesser misdemeanour charges - and a maximum one year in jail.

    BBC: Dominique Strauss-Kahn: How cracks appeared in the case

  • The decision was widely applauded as a rare example of the stewards using their common sense - a bit of which would have gone down well when it came to discussing Hamilton's misdemeanour.

    BBC: The right ruling on Hamilton?

  • The case ran out of time partly because Italy's recently downgraded false accountancy to a minor violation of the law - a misdemeanour - and reduced the amount of time magistrates have to investigate such cases.

    BBC: Berlusconi scores double victory

  • Stefan is the son of a cast-off diplomat who is sacked from the East German foreign service for a minor misdemeanour just as the Vogel family was about to be posted to New York and escape the dreariness of East Berlin.

    ECONOMIST: New fiction

  • The second came 18 minutes into the second half when Kightly whipped in a cross from the right and Wilson's arm made contact with the ball but neither referee Howard Webb or his assistant saw the misdemeanour and awarded Wolves a corner.

    BBC: Wolves 0-1 Portsmouth

  • For MPs to openly criticise the Speaker breaks a long-standing Commons convention, while the last time a Speaker was forced from office was in 1695 - when Sir John Trevor was found guilty by the House of "a high crime and misdemeanour".

    BBC: Angry MPs turn on Commons Speaker

  • Toseland, who enjoyed his best performance of last season at this circuit, was among the pacesetters over the opening laps and ended up seventh fastest despite his misdemeanour - merely a result of pushing the front end too hard as he chased an improved lap time.

    BBC: Matt Roberts' MotoGP column

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定