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Definition of malfeasance
: wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
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Examples of malfeasance in a Sentence
The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
a campaign to impeach the governor for malfeasance in office
Recent Examples of malfeasance from the Web
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Or, hacking into a former co-worker’s email account to send out company criticisms and accusations of corporate malfeasance.
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Brock wrote in a memo to the judge that Green's malfeasance came to light after sheriff's Sgt.
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That is a separate process guided by state law, which says a council member must show malfeasance, misfeasance or unfitness for office to be removed.
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Many contractors penalized for malfeasance later committed new safety infractions, federal records show.
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Critics say few employees are fired for malfeasance.
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That is a separate process guided by state law, which says a council member must show malfeasance, misfeasance or unfitness for office in order to be removed.
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Peralta pleaded no contest to malfeasance in office, abuse of office and stalking, as part of a 2016 plea agreement.
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The Godfather, part The Wire, The Force is a Molotov cocktail of cops and corruption, where good guys are also bad guys, and police malfeasance isn’t just about skimming money off drug busts—
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Origin and Etymology of malfeasance
mal- + obsolete feasance doing, execution
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MALFEASANCE Defined for English Language Learners
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law : illegal or dishonest activity especially by a public official or a corporation
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: 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
Origin and Etymology of malfeasance
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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