as in offence
a breaking of a moral or legal code
punished for her misdeeds by the church elders
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Recent Examples of misdeed
The former couple settled the suit for $20 million a day later, but dozens of lawsuits from other people claiming similar misdeeds soon followed.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Power shields its misdeeds with propaganda, but Panh sees such murderous lies clearly, giving them an honest staging, thick with echoes.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The article that cost Marley the spot on the racing commission was fairly routine, one Bolles likely wrote after combing The Republic's archives for previous stories involving Marley's misdeeds.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 1 June 2025
He is also shut out of the city’s generous public finance matching program for alleged past misdeeds.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
Power shields its misdeeds with propaganda, but Panh sees such murderous lies clearly, giving them an honest staging, thick with echoes.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The article that cost Marley the spot on the racing commission was fairly routine, one Bolles likely wrote after combing The Republic's archives for previous stories involving Marley's misdeeds.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 1 June 2025
He is also shut out of the city’s generous public finance matching program for alleged past misdeeds.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdeed
Noun
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Ramirez-Verduzco's case illuminates the risk some crime victims face when interacting with local law enforcement due to current federal immigration enforcement practices.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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And my perfect ,wild ,fearless, loving partners in crime Colin, Cristin and Rhenzy made anything possible every day.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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The list obtained by the Herald/Times states that his uncle, Denis Alcides Solis Morales, has immigration violations and makes no mention of convictions or pending criminal charges.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Department of Emergency Management, helped facilitate the tour and told lawmakers that those with yellow wristbands, the lowest level, had committed noncriminal offenses such as traffic violations.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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Every year, villagers in Brittany gathered to have their sins forgiven, dance the gavotte, and watch the young townsmen wrestle after denouncing the devil.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Brazil is a beast soaked in the sins of environmental destruction and human rights violations.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Under President Donald Trump, the agency now plans to abruptly end all of them, regardless of prior findings of wrongdoing.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
18 July 2025
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Rozier hasn’t yet been charged with a crime or accused of wrongdoing.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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“Misdeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdeed. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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