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

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

Because at the end of the day, it’s a way for the informant to work off their misdeed, their wrongdoing.

From Slate • May 20, 2020

No more teachers were denounced directly, but two or three were made to stand up in assembly and apologize for this or that misdeed.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman