Definition of "third-degree" []

• The least severe cases of murder, burglary or various other felonies. (adjective)
• Causing severe scarring, loss of epidermis, subcutaneous tissue and possibly of hair, which is more damaging than first-degree, second-degree and less than fourth-degree burns. (adjective)

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• "The woman, Marilu Munoz, 27, and the child's mother, Joana Delacruz Huerta, 29, were charged late Thursday with the sale or purchase of an infant, a third-degree felony, police said."
• "The counselor, Frank Jones Jr ., was sentenced to two years in prison for multiple counts of third-degree sexual abuse and endangerment of a child, all misdemeanors."
• "Curley and Schultz each face up to seven years and a $15,000 fine if convicted of perjury, a third-degree felony."