malversation

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The Inspector General Act was designed to protect patriotic whistle-blowers who seek to reveal malversation in government.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

He was a profligate Roman, who had been guilty of malversation in office and hoped by his new alliance to return to power.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

No less than three city aldermen were charged with malversation.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)