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misconduct

[mis-kon-duhkt, mis-kuhn-duhkt] / mɪsˈkɒn dʌkt, ˌmɪs kənˈdʌkt /


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The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after information emerged regarding his dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Andrew, who the paper says "was questioned for almost 12 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office before being released under investigation", has always strongly denied any wrongdoing.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Security Breach: OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mr. Dillon, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner at Dillon PLLC, where he represents students and professors in campus misconduct cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Maybe she was making a misconduct list so she could justify sending me back.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Neither front has seen much improvement for the Panthers, who took 14 penalties, including six misconducts and another for abuse of officials in the blowout loss.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

“However,” she said, “the system that has allowed these misconducts remains.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

Skinner and Martin received minors for roughing, while Pelech and Ross Johnston were issued 10-minute misconducts.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

All three Florida goals were of the gritty variety from inside the crease, on a night where tempers flared with 19 penalties — four of them misconducts.

From Fox News ● Mar. 4, 2022

I simply register the inevitable sentence of the husband upon the wife who misconducts herself!

From Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones

His defense was an alibi, an attempt, that is, to prove that he was elsewhere on the night when he was alleged to have misconducted himself at Rome.

From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Alfred John Church

Two legions were left in Egypt to protect them if they were faithful, or to coerce them if they misconducted themselves.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

“She protested that she had not misconducted herself.”

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

The court considers you have grossly misconducted yourself, and refuses to grant you license to perform.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 by Various

I myself only saw Lady Rose once, so far as I remember, before she misconducted herself.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward

If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Tilt, 31, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to wilfully misconducting himself in public office.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Tilt, of Barley Green, Birmingham, admitted wilfully misconducting himself in public office at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022

Thus a lot of people are misconducting themselves like this, and would enjoy programming that makes them feel represented in the media.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017

If Charles is misconducting himself, I ought to know—and I will, sooner or later.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 by Various




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