malversation
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During a brief job at a large corporation, he impersonates a vice president and summarily fires those who seem unhappy in their work, He is finally caught and dismissed for "malversation of coffee break."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Inspector General Act was designed to protect patriotic whistle-blowers who seek to reveal malversation in government.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was shown by one of the framers of the impeachment provision, James Wilson, who said that what he had in mind was misbehavior, or what he called "malversation."
From Time Magazine Archive
Of direct malversation, or actual sordid dishonesty, there was, thanks probably to a vigorous opposition, far less than might have been expected.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
The charges of professional malversation he pronounced too absurd for notice; that the practice was not only allowable but often imperative.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West
