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malfeasance

[mal-fee-zuhns] / mælˈfi zəns /
NOUN
wrongdoing
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NOUN
crime
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Malfeasance means “the commission of an unlawful act.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

Mr. Daugherty’s visage serves as a reminder for Mr. Horowitz: Malfeasance is never far away.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2018

Malfeasance, mal-fē′zans, n. evil-doing: the doing of what one ought not to do: an illegal deed.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various




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