délit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French delit, borrowed from Latin dēlictum.
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délit m (plural délits)
- (law) misdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony)
- commettre un délit ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Commit a délit, a misdemeanonor, a delict.
- (law) tort (a wrongful act unrelated to a contract)
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Further reading edit
- “délit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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