Vergehen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- misdemeanor noun A minor criminal offence, less serious than a felony and usually punished with a fine or short sentence.
- offense noun A wrongdoing, crime, or breach of a rule.
- pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
- perpetration noun The act of perpetrating
- vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
Vergehen is used for these senses in English:
- elapse (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
- misdemeanor (law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
- offense The act of offending.
- pass (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- perpetration Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated
- summary offence (legal, British, Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong) A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.
- vanish (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
- wrong Something that is immoral or not good.
offense — full definition
- noun A wrongdoing, crime, or breach of a rule.
- noun A feeling of hurt or anger caused by something insulting or disrespectful.
- noun In sports, the team or players trying to score, as opposed to defense.