MALPRACTICE Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

malpractice

noun

as in misconduct

law careless, wrong, or illegal actions by someone (such as a doctor) who is performing a professional duty a surgeon accused of malpractice

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Recent Examples of malpractice From the outset, the firm concentrated on labor law claims, premises liability, vehicle accidents, and medical malpractice matters. —

Nia Bowers, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 Nicole Kruegel is a partner at Rafferty Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa, a Palm Beach Gardens, Pensacola and Jacksonville law firm with a national practice focusing on nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury and mass torts. —

Nicole Kruegel, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026 On most teams, what the Wizards did would be considered coaching malpractice. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026 One of the cases is a classic medical malpractice lawsuit against the delivering physicians. —

Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for malpractice

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Noun

Ortega said she was motivated to introduce AB 2321 because of what the auditor reported about Cal-OSHA’s Bureau of Investigation, the unit responsible for investigating death and career-ending injuries for criminal misconduct.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The news that someone was seen with him has, of course, been received with a lot of interest, particularly considering that since his arrest for suspicion of misconduct in public office, neither his ex, Sarah Ferguson, nor his daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, have visited him.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026