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Malversation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Misconduct in public office.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Evil conduct; fraudulent or tricky dealing; especially, misbehavior in an office or employment, as by fraud, breach of trust, extortion, etc.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. misconduct in public office

Word Usage

"What's more, I believe the voice of millions of netizens will bring justice, fairness, democracy and social progress, and face the corruption and malversation down."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wrongful conduct misconduct wrongdoing actus reus

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

misappropriation malfeasance inconclusiveness peculation malpractice