Definition of "misdemeanants" [misdemeanants]

• Plural form of misdemeanant. (noun)

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• "Limits on gun possession by felons and certain misdemeanants may still be constitutional; it’s just that the right-to-vote analogy doesn’t much advance that argument."
• "To suggest they have all been harmed, at least to a degree warranting criminal punishable, is to expand the definition of harm to render it meaningless, not mention creating a world of misdemeanants."
• "Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook analogized the individual right to bear arms to the individual right to vote, and reasoned that, given that states may deny misdemeanants the right to vote, they should be equally able to deny them the right to beararms."