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Recent Examples of misdoing When Whitney accuses her of lying to cover up her misdoings, everything explodes. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 Certainly in the reign of J. Edgar Hoover, the role of the bureaucracy, and Hoover’s role actually, was more often to aid Presidents in their misdoings, amid some of his own. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2019 An American journalist seeking to write about the rich celebrities instead learns about financial, political and treasonous misdoings – even murder. Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 3 July 2019 Yet, the very reality of 2018 is that Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Justice nomination pushed the seemingly consequence-free misdoings of those attending the country’s elite prep schools into the news cycle. Veronica Walsingham, Teen Vogue, 5 Oct. 2018 This is not the first time Facebook has had to publicly increase previous estimates of misdoings on its platform. Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2018 South Korean politicians accused of misdoing often apologize for causing trouble while still denying wrongdoing. Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018 All of the angst could have been avoided if not for some political misdoings. Joe Haakenson, Daily Pilot, 21 Dec. 2017 Reports about financial misdoings, the possible collapse of venerable institutions, rising unemployment caused by advanced technology — all of these affected the psychology of spending. Robert J. Shiller, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdoing
Noun
  • The company has also filed a countersuit denying allegations of wrongdoing, while claiming over $116 million in damages and lost profits.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Attorneys for both Billups and Rozier have denied any wrongdoing.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Strictly was hit with scandal as two professional dancers exited following allegations of misconduct.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Russ Anderson also failed to challenge the bank’s incentive compensation program, failed to institute effective controls and repeatedly downplayed sales practices misconduct, Hsu previously said.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before 1999, violations could lead to a $10,000 fine, two years in prison and losing a liquor license.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The committee has made several allegations against Blain related to public records violations, bullying and harassment.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The church must name abuse as sin and reject any misuse of Scripture that justifies endurance in violence.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And my mom used to say, your sins will find you out.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Misdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdoing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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