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

Satire is generally incurious of motive, unconcerned about the conditions that produced whatever distortion of personality, misdeed or excess it targets for opprobrium.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

I scanned my memory for every possible misdeed.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

“Normally, we use law enforcement investigative tools like subpoenas to investigate known crimes,” he said, not to fish around for a certain individual’s secret misdeed.

From Slate • May 12, 2020

The exact nature of their misdeed is unimportant, as Boris and Constantin did dreadful things all day long.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood