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
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
Corporate chieftains and politicians frequently bow deeply to the news cameras to apologize for this corporate scandal or that political misdeed.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021
Both the old artist and the former beauty had long forgotten his misdeed.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing misdeed
Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?" by Robert Davis
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