as in crimes
a breaking of a moral or legal code
punished for her misdeeds by the church elders
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Recent Examples of misdeeds
There were the regular misdeeds — a slashing, a holding — but the other six were not aggressive in nature.
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Last month, the NCAA revealed enforcement actions against 16 former D-I men’s basketball players who are accused of betting on or against their own teams, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, providing information to facilitate others’ bets and related misdeeds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
But his apparent attempts to resolve his past misdeeds with grandiose discoveries might well have been an attempt to cope with trauma.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The show, so far, has emphasized a clear-eyed approach to its subjects’ misdeeds, but also curiosity about untangling their psyches.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Though surrounded by a foul matrix of past and future misdeeds, the act feels pure, untouched by the poison of the Black Rabbit’s kitchen.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Then just pour yourself onto the couch to imbibe in the campiest of catfights that are custom-made for laughing and yelling at as the misdeeds unspool onscreen.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
By this point, the movie’s film-noir framework reveals ample psychological, moral, and symbolic dimensions, and one that is explicitly political—the potential for police officers to abuse their power and frame others for their own misdeeds.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The 5-0 vote to fire Garbarino at Tuesday night's council meeting came a couple of days after Miller Johnson released a 59-page report alleging that Altaheri drove drunk with police officers to a strip club for an officer's party, among other misdeeds.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Last month, the NCAA revealed enforcement actions against 16 former D-I men’s basketball players who are accused of betting on or against their own teams, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, providing information to facilitate others’ bets and related misdeeds.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
But his apparent attempts to resolve his past misdeeds with grandiose discoveries might well have been an attempt to cope with trauma.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The show, so far, has emphasized a clear-eyed approach to its subjects’ misdeeds, but also curiosity about untangling their psyches.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Though surrounded by a foul matrix of past and future misdeeds, the act feels pure, untouched by the poison of the Black Rabbit’s kitchen.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Then just pour yourself onto the couch to imbibe in the campiest of catfights that are custom-made for laughing and yelling at as the misdeeds unspool onscreen.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
By this point, the movie’s film-noir framework reveals ample psychological, moral, and symbolic dimensions, and one that is explicitly political—the potential for police officers to abuse their power and frame others for their own misdeeds.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The 5-0 vote to fire Garbarino at Tuesday night's council meeting came a couple of days after Miller Johnson released a 59-page report alleging that Altaheri drove drunk with police officers to a strip club for an officer's party, among other misdeeds.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdeeds
Noun
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His wife, Rebecca Haro, was charged with two crimes — murder and filing a false report — and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing the day Jake Haro will be sentenced.—
Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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The complaint alleges that BNY ignored warning signs, especially after Epstein’s crimes became known.—
Chase Jordan
October 17,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Death in the Family does not tap into our empathy for them so much as our own sense of aggrievement at having to exist in a world where people like the Murdaughs can skate by without consequences for even the worst of their sins.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 1998, audiences might have experienced Ragtime as a parable of past sins long overcome.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Robeson’s persistence against state harassment illustrated how resistance to civil liberties violations can protect and preserve basic citizenship rights, including the right to travel.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Flies on food, and violations of basic restaurant cleanliness and food safety shut down a Miami Gardens restaurant and nightclub after a state inspection last week.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Misdeeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdeeds. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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