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
“If there has been a misdeed, probably a disquieted conscience will go on and on,” The A.P. quoted him as saying at the service.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 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
Facebook’s on-again-off-again flirtation with video isn’t the only misdeed the social media company has been blamed for.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2019
Meanwhile, the Louvre’s fired director announced that Perugia had been proven to be “a cunning madman. His misdeed and the preposterous explanation he gives seem to prove it.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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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