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misdeed

[mis-deed] / mɪsˈdid /


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"Taaf suggested that I might want to offer up an apology for my life", King wrote, "but an apology assumes a crime, an offence, a misdeed".

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

Official wrist-slaps and “wet smooches” delivered to corporate leaders by federal regulators and prosecutors are the rule, no matter how egregious the misdeed — even when it’s as bad as the Wells Fargo customer fraud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024

“If there has been a misdeed, probably a disquieted conscience will go on and on,” The A.P. quoted him as saying at the service.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022

But it’s hard when the bond between team and fan has frayed to the point where the reaction to an oversight or misdeed is to assume the worst-case scenario.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2021

Meanwhile, the Louvre’s fired director announced that Perugia had been proven to be “a cunning madman. His misdeed and the preposterous explanation he gives seem to prove it.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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