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misconduct

[mis-kon-duhkt, mis-kuhn-duhkt] / mɪsˈkɒn dʌkt, ˌmɪs kənˈdʌkt /


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Police have opened 18 internal investigations into allegations of misconduct since the protests began, Nunez said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mr. Fain won election in 2023 by fewer than 500 votes on a promise of reform, but his tenure has been marred by allegations of misconduct and financial mismanagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

One names the United States and seeks damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging wrongful death, negligence and other misconduct.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

State governments are broadly shielded from recovery for their employees' misconduct unless the employee works for an agency that can be sued.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Neither front has seen much improvement for the Panthers, who took 14 penalties, including six misconducts and another for abuse of officials in the blowout loss.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Vegas’ Chandler Stephenson and Jonathan Marchessault were assessed misconducts, along with Edmonton’s Kailer Yamamoto and Evander Kane earlier in the period.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023

"I started skating towards him but I'm about 50 feet away from the guy. I'm getting misconducts for just talking now. Not quite sure what that's about. What are you going to do?"

From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2021

“Those misconducts, they are just unacceptable,” Rojas said of the allegations against Ellis.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021

"It is impossible that any one should be happy who misconducts herself."

From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope

I asked him what would happen if this nominated General misconducted himself in any way, or proved unsuitable, or lost his reason.

From Regeneration by Henry Rider Haggard

I am authowized to call for fifty volunteers; but I wish you all distinctly to understand that no man who has in any way misconducted himself will be accepted.

From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

The practice of compelling girls who had misconducted themselves to stand in church for three Sundays was only given up at Pickering in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home

He was a blustering, swashbuckling army officer, who could always be brought to account if he misconducted himself, or mixed himself up in shady transactions.

From The Passenger from Calais by Arthur Griffiths

One of these was Trebonius, who had misconducted himself in Spain, and was smarting under the recollection of his own failures.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Tilt, 31, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to wilfully misconducting himself in public office.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Tilt, of Barley Green, Birmingham, admitted wilfully misconducting himself in public office at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022

Thus a lot of people are misconducting themselves like this, and would enjoy programming that makes them feel represented in the media.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017

He, as usual, is misconducting himself to quite a remarkable degree.

From The Hoyden by Duchess




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