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as in wrongdoings
improper or illegal behavior
some rough play got the hockey player fined for misconduct on the ice
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as in adulteries
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 abuses
to manage badly
misconducted the polar expedition and paid for his mistakes with his life
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Recent Examples of misconducts
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
That came two days after another slugfest of a contest that saw the teams combine for eight misconducts, four fights and another 186 penalty minutes at Tampa’s Benchmark International Arena.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
All three men were given misconducts and a handful of penalties throughout the game.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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The chaotic matchup saw referees call 65 penalties for 312 minutes, including 13 game misconducts.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
That came two days after another slugfest of a contest that saw the teams combine for eight misconducts, four fights and another 186 penalty minutes at Tampa’s Benchmark International Arena.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
All three men were given misconducts and a handful of penalties throughout the game.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconducts
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Still, some constitutional violations can also be couched as civil wrongdoings under the FTCA.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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This is not the first time the social media personality has claimed to be a victim of physical and mental wrongdoings.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the film, Victor emotionally abuses the Creature.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Denmark plans tougher deportation laws COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark unveiled a legal reform on Friday allowing foreigners who have been sentenced to at least one year of unconditional imprisonment for serious crimes to be deported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors alleged the other crimes of violence were represented by two stalking charges, arguing Mangione stalked Thompson online and travelled across state lines to carry out the killing.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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What damages a human being is sin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The progressive disease damages the protective cover around nerves called myelin in your central nervous system, according to the Cleveland Clinic.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Because of this, Medeiros said, the question for many businesses becomes less about getting ICE to leave their property and more about what to do if ICE violates consent and other legal requirements.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Democratic senators from Oregon, New Mexico and Massachusetts asked Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores in a letter this month, saying that the mass generation of non-consensual sexualized images violates the stores’ distribution terms.—
Lola Murti,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misconducts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconducts. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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