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Examples of misdeed in a Sentence
She threatened to expose to the public the misdeeds he had committed.
punished for her misdeeds by the church elders
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The stigma surrounding the university’s misdeeds still lingers; three administrators were sentenced to jail time for child endangerment in June because of their roles in the case.
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Martin Truex Jr., who benefitted from Larson's misdeeds in the Blue Grass, was rewarded again and will start on the pole today in New Hampshire.
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He was replaced a few years later by Ehud Barak, the former prime minister who once famously apologized to Mizrahi voters for the party’s previous misdeeds.
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He was replaced a few years later by Ehud Barak, the former prime minister who once famously apologized to Mizrahi voters for the party's previous misdeeds.
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Perhaps to avoid being accused of advocating that crime pays, Poonpiriya has Lynn repent on her misdeeds.
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Both shows were executive produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and both followed the adventures and misdeeds of wealthy teens and their even less responsible parents.
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There has been a lot of media coverage about Uber driver misdeeds—
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There are very talented professionals at CNN who are not named Chris Cillizza who have done exceptional work covering this White House's various alleged misdeeds.
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First Known Use of misdeed
before 12th century
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: a morally wrong or illegal act
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