How to Use malfeasance in a Sentence

malfeasance

noun

• The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
• And Grant was more of the malfeasance of the people around him.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
• Union Parish Deputy Christopher Harpin was charged with three counts of malfeasance.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2023
• All of which brings us to Hertz, which this week joined the ranks of those who’ve gotten away with egregious malfeasance.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2022
• Hikers, all is not lost because the alright people take the high road and do the grunt work of fixing the malfeasance of the few.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2022
• The malfeasance charge covers a range of Ravnsborg's actions.
  — Fox News, 21 June 2022
• York faces one charge of negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance.
  — Amanda Su, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2022
• The latest chapter of Our Corrupt Supreme Court comes in an already bursting-at-the-seams book of malfeasance.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• With thousands of votes still to be counted, there had been no suggestion of any malfeasance.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022
• The charges range from negligent homicide to malfeasance.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
• It was passed into law as part of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which sought to clamp down on corporate malfeasance.
  — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• Many Puerto Ricans have called for a probe into the cronyism and potential malfeasance that led to the debt being piled up over the years.
  — Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
• Jesse Barcelona was charged with obstruction of justice, malfeasance in office and theft, Paul said.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• The e-mails were cherry-picked by deniers for sound bites that, when taken out of context, seemed to point to malfeasance by scientists.
  — Stephan Lewandowsky, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
• But this isn’t a case of grand conspiracy, malfeasance or rigged machines.
  — María Méndez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Oct. 2022
• In fact, there is no evidence of widespread fraud or malfeasance in elections.
  — Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
• York was charged with negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance in office.
  — Jim Mustian, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
• Impeachment used to be viewed as a last resort to be pursued in extreme cases of malfeasance.
  — Henry Olsen, National Review, 8 Sep. 2023
• Trooper Kory York was charged with one count of negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Biden’s trip to Israel came in the wake of an egregious case of media malfeasance that added more fuel to an already raging conflict.
  — The Editors, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
• And there are thousands of volunteers in place primed to challenge ballots and hunt down evidence of malfeasance.
  — Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2022
• Richards said the lawsuit was motivated by his anger toward DBI and a desire to see malfeasance exposed.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2022
• Reznikov has not been charged in any corruption cases and Zelensky has not accused him of malfeasance.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• The law was originally passed as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a measure meant to curb corporate malfeasance.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• He was booked into jail on suspicion of three counts each of malfeasance in office, injuring public records and theft of firearms.
  — Fox News, 8 June 2022
• Council members earlier this month found no problem with the lesser fee and no malfeasance.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
• Jesse Barcelona and Officer Todd Thomas are facing charges of malfeasance in office, obstruction of justice and theft, jail records show.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
• An arrest warrant has also been issued for a fourth officer who faces a charge of malfeasance in office, Paul said.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Smith was arrested on Sept. 12 and booked on five counts of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles and malfeasance in office.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022
• The hard core malfeasance is unforgivable and the current Israeli genocide on top of all the other crimes, a game changer, The victimhood card has expired.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024