malfeasance
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The trust may specify that all the beneficiaries have to agree to any changes, or that a panel has to concur that certain conditions are met, or else a court may have to find malfeasance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Flashbacks reveal the malfeasance of Brent’s boss, Graham Wiffel, and a would-be whistleblower’s threat to go public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Readers weigh in on GLP-1 drugs, the Harold Alfond Foundation, saving for retirement, and congressional malfeasance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
In the 1980s and 1990s, widely circulated stories about Medicaid exposed fraud and malfeasance by providers.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
“This malfeasance must be stopped” was what the unassuming janitor Alfred T. Slipper always said before he was transformed into the amazing Incandesto and became a towering, crime-fighting pillar of light.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
Vocabulary lists containing malfeasance
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