misdeeds

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It prepared risk summaries on stocks that factored in such things as related-party transactions and past misdeeds among executives or subtle changes to accounting policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

And though she feared retaliation from the Sacklers — who have all the money in the world to not only pursue retribution but bury their misdeeds — the cause was too important, and too infuriating.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

They do not want the government telling parents how to raise their children, how to discipline them, or how to supervise them, or punishing them for their children’s crimes or misdeeds.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

The ruling could determine whether access to the internet—today’s lifeline for education, work, and civic life—can be taken away as punishment for digital misdeeds.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

The regions to the left, she said, were ruled over by stern Rhadamanthus, also a son of Europa, who punished the wicked for their misdeeds.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton