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• misdemeanor a crime less serious than a felony
• misdemeanour a crime less serious than a felony
• infraction a crime less serious than a felony
• infringement an act that disregards an agreement or a right; a crime less serious than a felony

• “he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment“

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• infringement an act that disregards an agreement or a right; a crime less serious than a felony

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• trespass a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages ; entry to another’s property without right or permission ; enter unlawfully on someone’s property; make excessive use of; break the law ; commit a sin; pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
• encroachment any entry into an area not previously occupied; entry to another’s property without right or permission ; influencing strongly
• intrusion any entry into an area not previously occupied; entrance by force or without permission or welcome ; the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation ; rock produced by an intrusive process ; entry to another’s property without right or permission
• usurpation entry to another’s property without right or permission ; wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

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• irreverence an irreverent mental attitude ; a disrespectful act

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• rape force (someone) to have sex against their will; destroy and strip of its possession; Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop ; the act of despoiling a country in warfare ; the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
• assault attack someone physically or emotionally; force (someone) to have sex against their will; attack in speech or writing; close fighting during the culmination of a military attack ; a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped ; thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 ; the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
• ravishment a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment ; the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will