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 on the Web Bulawayo even delights in satirizing a certain U.S. president, represented here as a tweeting primate prone to subliterate warnings of electoral malfeasance. — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022 Two other inventors come off less well, though neither’s malfeasance is meaningfully connected to Le Prince’s death. — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022 Environmentalists’ traditional role is to hold governments and corporations accountable and to inform, motivate and engage the broader public of the dangers posed by government inaction or corporate malfeasance. — Kathleen Rogers, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022 Allegations of financial malfeasance inside the Commanders were detailed last week in a letter from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to the Federal Trade Commission. — Andrew Beaton And Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2022 Instead, regulators audited the laboratory that tested the marijuana, found no malfeasance and closed the case. — Ryan Randazzo, AZCentral.com, 18 Apr. 2022 But Perez faces a difficult task ahead: the agency has become mired in a sprawling corruption scandal, and a string of plea deals involving former DWP executives and city lawyers has revealed malfeasance at the highest levels. — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 Current law says no law enforcement agency shall hire a police officer who was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct or who resigned or retired while under investigation. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 6 Mar. 2022 Of course, that’s when Roman isn’t suggesting that his father just shovel all blame for corporate malfeasance onto Kendall. — oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2021 See More

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