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.
• Some even ask the court to sanction the first party for their misconduct.
  — Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
• Maybe this made up for the fact Hagel was not assessed a game misconduct.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
• The latest charges were not the first time Left has been accused of misconduct.
  — Michelle Chapman, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2024
• 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
• 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 any event, the issue preclusion is the main driver of Trump’s misconduct in court.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024
• Brazeau was called for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• Rapp was one of the first people to publicly accuse Spacey of misconduct back in 2017.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2022
• But Bruins coach Jim Montgomery noted Ullmark had the chance to play out the game, even with the misconduct.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• The misconduct review is likely to take weeks or months.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
• Garza has said some of the misconduct happened in front of Garcetti but the mayor didn’t intervene.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
• Her lawyers fought to have her conviction tossed on the grounds of juror misconduct.
  — Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
• Ray denied those claims to The Post and denied any misconduct in the complaint filed Monday.
  — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2024
• In the case of a misconduct allegation, a paper trail of work can help prove steps.
  — Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
• The judges affirmed the denial of Gavin’s jury misconduct claim.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2022
• Investors took issue with CBS’ failure to disclose the true risks that he’d be forced to leave due to his misconduct.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2022
• The 61-year-old woman was charged with murder, misconduct with a corpse and fraud, according to Nine News.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
• In March 2021, Carr was charged with five counts of judicial misconduct.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2022
• The case is the latest in a spate of legal woes that have dogged Songz, who has faced misconduct allegations for years.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• As Suh explains, the women expressed just wanting to get on with their work, for C.K.’s misconduct not to be the only thing they’re known for.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• 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
• This is not the first time Teran has been publicly accused of misconduct while in Gascón’s employ.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
• Her lawyers also fought to have her conviction tossed on the grounds of juror misconduct.
  — Larry Neumeister, Fortune, 28 June 2022
• She was found guilty of most charges of election tampering and misconduct.
  — Laura Romero, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
• In the new filing, Burstein made good on that threat with accusations of a wide-range of misconduct against Blackburn.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2022
• Rangers had been demoted to the third tier in 2012 for financial misconduct, then risen again.
  — Michael Walker, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
• The complaint says by not firing Sohn then, his misconduct was again condoned.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• His office, which is independent of the 8,700-officer department, monitors misconduct complaints and conducts internal reviews of police shootings, along with audits and studies at the Police Commission’s request.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025