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mopery

[ moh-puh-ree ]

noun

  1. mopish behavior.
  2. Slang. a violation of a minor or imaginary law or rule.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of mopery1

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Example Sentences

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A bunch of them were sent there for offenses they’d never heard of: malingering, mopery, incorrigibility.

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In 1960, he was arrested and charged with “mopery†for hanging out in a black-owned bar.

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One day he had stumbled while marching to class; the next day he was formally charged with “breaking ranks while in formation, felonious assault, indiscriminate behavior, mopery, high treason, provoking, being a smart guy, listening to classical music and so on.â€

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If anyone proposes another match race between these two super horses,†wrote a reporter after the race, “henceforth, he will be tried in the morning for treason, mutiny, mopery and non compos mentis.'''’

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