How to Use misconduct in a Sentence

misconduct

noun

• He was forced to defend himself against charges of sexual misconduct.
• There have been reports of misconduct by several employees.
• Maybe this made up for the fact Hagel was not assessed a game misconduct.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
• Some even ask the court to sanction the first party for their misconduct.
  — Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
• Those amounts are just a part of the city’s overall police misconduct toll.
  — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Combs has denied all misconduct claims.
  — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 9 June 2026
• Hartig's misconduct case is set for trial this fall.
  — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• The latest charges were not the first time Left has been accused of misconduct.
  — Michelle Chapman, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2024
• Her lawyers fought to have her conviction tossed on the grounds of juror misconduct.
  — Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
• She was found guilty of most charges of election tampering and misconduct.
  — Laura Romero, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
• Drouin was called for game misconduct and given a five-minute major penalty.
  — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• The claims come as Murray has seen his name in the news this week over claims of workplace misconduct.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
• In the case of a misconduct allegation, a paper trail of work can help prove steps.
  — Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
• Combs denies all misconduct claims.
  — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 3 June 2026
• At the end of the day, wrong is wrong, even if others are engaged in similar misconduct.
  — Jessica A. Roth For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 4 Jan. 2022
• Horner was accused of misconduct toward a team employee just over a year ago.
  — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 9 July 2025
• The report concludes that Mullen died in the line of duty and not due to his own misconduct.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• Her lawyers also fought to have her conviction tossed on the grounds of juror misconduct.
  — Larry Neumeister, Fortune, 28 June 2022
• Barzal was given a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for his actions.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
• All three men were given misconducts and a handful of penalties throughout the game.
  — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• They were fired last year, after making their reports about abuse and misconduct at Bryan.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
• The complaint says by not firing Sohn then, his misconduct was again condoned.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• Maine's secretary of state has not ruled out misconduct as the probe continues.
  — Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
• The suit was settled the next day but was followed by slew of others accusing him of misconduct.
  — Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• It was embarrassed by a wave of corruption, abuse and other misconduct by some of the new hires.
  — Ryan J. Foley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
• Christman was booked into jail on three counts of murder and one count of misconduct involving a weapon.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
• He was cleared of personal misconduct.
  — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026
• In the past several months, five coaches either were dismissed or stepped down amid claims of misconduct.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• The academy has struggled to deal with members who have been accused of misconduct.
  — Stacy Permanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• The judges affirmed the denial of Gavin’s jury misconduct claim.
  — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 15 July 2022