English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

rikkomus — meaning in English

Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead

English meaning

  • breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  • infraction noun A breaking of a rule or law, usually a minor one.
  • misdemeanor noun A minor criminal offence, less serious than a felony and usually punished with a fine or short sentence.
  • transgression noun A violation of a law, rule, or moral code.
  • violation noun An act of breaking a law, rule, or agreement.
  • wrongdoing noun Illegal or immoral behaviour.

Senses

rikkomus is used for these senses in English:

  • breach (legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
  • infraction (legal) A minor offence, petty crime.
  • misdemeanor (law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
  • transgression A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
  • violation The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
  • wrongdoing (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.

breach — full definition

  1. noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  2. noun A gap made by breaking through something solid, such as a wall or defence.
  3. verb To break through or violate something.

Related Finnish words