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as in wrongdoing
improper or illegal behavior
some rough play got the hockey player fined for misconduct on the ice
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as in adultery
a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
both parties cited misconduct as the reason for the divorce
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as in to abuse
to manage badly
misconducted the polar expedition and paid for his mistakes with his life
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Recent Examples of misconduct
John Shipley, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
The first indictment charges him with one count of theft, two counts of burglary and 30 counts of official misconduct, while the second charges him with six counts of official misconduct specifically related to the Covenant School shooting.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
She was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty and failure to comply with an order by the secretary of state.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Majorities of justices seemed open to rulings that would impose consequences for public misconduct.
—David French, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
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Noun
Fast went down in a heap and, after a video review, Curl-Salemme was assessed a 5-minute major and game misconduct, ending her night.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
The first indictment charges him with one count of theft, two counts of burglary and 30 counts of official misconduct, while the second charges him with six counts of official misconduct specifically related to the Covenant School shooting.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
She was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty and failure to comply with an order by the secretary of state.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Majorities of justices seemed open to rulings that would impose consequences for public misconduct.
—David French, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconduct
Noun
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She has not been accused of any wrongdoing by the feds.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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The clinic has denied wrongdoings in court filings, the outlet reported, and the case is still pending.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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The synopsis reads: 1972: The Ecclesiastical Court of Santiago de Compostela convicted Sagrario Fra, a shellfish harvester in Ferrol, for committing adultery.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
31 July 2024
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There’s adultery and cuckoldry and suspicions of adultery and cuckoldry and doubles and all the other good Cronenbergian ideas.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For one, the Fed is unconstrained in its printing of dollars and is therefore more likely to abuse that power in its attempt to stabilize the US economy.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The Context More than 550,000 children are known to be abused in the United States, according to the National Children's Alliance.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Could this dialing back up be artificially controlled when the brain is too damaged to do so itself?—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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That was when the makers, Epic Games, included a direct payment option into the app, which violated Apple’s rules.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Penalties for violating the new rule can exceed $50,000.—
Monica Pitrelli,Bella Stoddart,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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Established in the early days of pandemic shutdowns in 2020, the IDES program for enhanced unemployment insurance was overwhelmed with claims and badly mismanaged, the Illinois auditor general found in a report issued in 2023.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The contours remain the same: negligent and mismanaged staff fail to prevent frequent incidents of violence in ways that harm both the people incarcerated at the facility and the staff themselves.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
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“Misconduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconduct. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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