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misconduct

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


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This led to a deeper look into other factors contributing to wrongful convictions, including prosecutorial misconduct and mistaken eyewitness identifications, especially those made by witnesses with different racial backgrounds from the suspects.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

A senior detective is being investigated over potential artificial intelligence-related gross misconduct.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

In his motion to the court, Jackson said his client tried to report the misconduct through proper channels, but there was little reason to believe that such complaints would be taken seriously.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

“Gathering evidence over days or even weeks to document ongoing misconduct is one thing. Doing so over many months raises different legal and ethical questions.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Even a whiff of misconduct coming so soon after Teapot Dome could end his career.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Calgary’s Rasmus Andersson and Dallas’s John Klingberg were given game misconducts for fighting at the buzzer.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2022

"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

Speaking of the Monroe Doctrine, he said, "We do not guarantee any state against punishment, if it misconducts itself."

From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Howland, Harold

The court considers you have grossly misconducted yourself, and refuses to grant you license to perform.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 by Various

That to Colonel Hodges was most strongly worded, calling on him to address Mohhammad Ali in writing to urge him to compensate the sufferers and remove those officers who had misconducted themselves in Damascus.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis

I myself only saw Lady Rose once, so far as I remember, before she misconducted herself.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Not that I have the vaguest notion as to how I have misconducted myself.

From Rossmoyne by Unknown

The universal complaint of the Spanish or national party in the time of Christina was, that the queen's education was neglected, or, it should rather be said, misconducted.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

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

A sailor misconducting himself on the voyage, has at least two months' reflection in the jail of Williamstown, commencing immediately upon his arrival.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various




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