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
I scanned my memory for every possible misdeed.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2022
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
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
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