dereliction

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Ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min has been sentenced to seven years in prison, while former spy chief Cho Tae-yong is standing trial on charges including dereliction of duty and perjury.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Its absence feels like a big miss or, less charitably, a dereliction of duty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Federal law says that Fed officials can only be removed for "cause," which could be interpreted to mean malfeasance or dereliction of duty.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

His unfathomable chase of Starc's second delivery of a new spell, just as twilight arrived, was a dereliction of duty.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

“To not make them public would be a dereliction of duty and morality.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin