misdeed

Example Sentences

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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

As for what caused the school to restrict access to the track, nobody was willing to fully describe the misdeed.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

When their children were young, Ann Bowden would ask her husband to discipline them for some misdeed committed while he was gone.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021

A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck’s misdeed.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London