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.—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 See All Example Sentences for misdeed
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of misdeed was
before the 12th century
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