third-degree

See also: third degree

English

Adjective

third-degree (not comparable)

Third-degree. Compare first-degree, second-degree and fourth-degree.
1. (law) The least severe cases of murder, burglary or various other felonies.
  He was recently convicted of third-degree manslaughter because of his drunken-driving accident.
2. (of a burn) 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.

Usage notes

Sometimes also written as in the third degree or 3rd degree.

Derived terms

third-degree burn
third-degree murder
third-degree manslaughter

Translations

of least severe cases of felony

Finnish: lievä (fi)

causing severe scarring

Dutch: van de derde graad, derdegraads-
Finnish: kolmannen asteen (fi)

Hungarian: harmadfokú

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