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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But Sorkin has added plenty of star power in their absence by tapping Mikey Madison to play whistleblower Frances Haugen, and Jeremy Allen White to play Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, who team up to expose the company's misdeeds.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Gary agreed to pay the Kinahans two hundred thousand euros to atone for various misdeeds, including a nonfatal shooting of a Kinahan associate.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
There were the regular misdeeds — a slashing, a holding — but the other six were not aggressive in nature.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Last month, the NCAA revealed enforcement actions against 16 former D-I men’s basketball players who are accused of betting on or against their own teams, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, providing information to facilitate others’ bets and related misdeeds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Gary agreed to pay the Kinahans two hundred thousand euros to atone for various misdeeds, including a nonfatal shooting of a Kinahan associate.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
There were the regular misdeeds — a slashing, a holding — but the other six were not aggressive in nature.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Last month, the NCAA revealed enforcement actions against 16 former D-I men’s basketball players who are accused of betting on or against their own teams, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, providing information to facilitate others’ bets and related misdeeds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Misdeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdeed. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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misdeed
noun
mis·deed
(ˈ)mis-ˈdēd 
: an evil or illegal deed
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