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Malfeasance synonyms

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wrongdoing
(Uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
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impropriety
An improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing.
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misfeasance (related)
An otherwise legal act that is performed in an illegal fashion.
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nonfeasance (related)
(Law) The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.
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misconduct
Deliberate wrongdoing, especially by government or military officials.
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crime
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
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mischief (related)
A cause or source of harm, damage, or annoyance
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Malfeasance Sentence Examples

  • The government wants to draw a line under the glut of financial malfeasance.

  • Laws govern the way that employees are treated; however, social forums on the Internet are always abuzz with topics of corporate malfeasance.

  • The nail in the coffin so to speak has come rather recently, through the past year's scandals of broad corporate malfeasance.

  • From the suffrage and the holding of office are excluded idiots and insane persons and all those who have been convicted of treason, embezzlement, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or any crime involving moral turpitude and punishable under the laws of the state by imprisonment in the penitentiary - this last disqualification, however, is removable by a pardon for the offence.

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