Ocupation: Journalist
Life: June 24, 1842 - 1914
Birthday: June 24
Death: 1914
MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
source: Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.164, University of Georgia Press
topic: Law, Criminals, Dignity, Misdemeanors, Felony, Admittance