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malfeasance
noun
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Word History
mal- + obsolete feasance doing, execution
1663, in the meaning defined above
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“Malfeasance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malfeasance. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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nounLegal Definition
malfeasance
nounmal- 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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