Malfeasance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. wrongdoing
  • n. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Evil-doing; the doing of that which ought not to be done; wrongful conduct, especially official misconduct; violation of a public trust or obligation; specifically, the doing of an act which is positively unlawful or wrongful, in contradistinction to misfeasance, or the doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner. The term is often inappropriately used instead of misfeasance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. wrongful conduct by a public official
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wrongful conduct    misconduct    wrongdoing    actus reus   
    Variant
    malefeasance   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    evildoing    delinquence    criminality    misdemeanance    malversation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    defeasance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    malversation    peculation    racketeering    thievery    embezzlement   
     
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