malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
ˌmal-ˈfē-zᵊn(t)s 
: wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
Examples of malfeasance in a Sentence
The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
a campaign to impeach the governor for malfeasance in office
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The banker was already susceptible to corruption — and now malfeasance will be condoned?!
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Nathan Bomey, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams dispelled notions that the machine's malfunction could indicate election malfeasance in a statement made on social media.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nathan Bomey, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams dispelled notions that the machine's malfunction could indicate election malfeasance in a statement made on social media.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Malfeasance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malfeasance. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
(ˈ)mal-ˈfēz-ᵊn(t)s
: wrongful conduct especially by a public official
Legal Definition
malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
ˌmal-ˈfēz-ᵊns
: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one's duties compare misfeasance, nonfeasance
Etymology
mal- bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais-, stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere
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