malversation
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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
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
There still remains, unobserved upon, an instance of his malversation, wholly new in its kind, to which I will venture to desire your Lordships very seriously to turn your attention.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
They must be as few as possible, done gradually, and bottomed on some malversation or inherent disqualification.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
