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Recent Examples of misdoing 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 There is no box that defines and confines who has the capability of perpetrating these misdoings. Kirsten King, Teen Vogue, 16 Jan. 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
  • Users deny wrongdoing As Broadcom works to ensure that people aren’t using VMware outside its terms, some suggest that the semiconductor giant is wasting some time by investigating organizations that aren’t violating agreements.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
  • But Catherine Butler, vice president of communications for CPCC, said that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by the school.
    Maia Nehme, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • In her 30-year career, Laura has won numerous national awards for coverage of human trafficking, child welfare, crime and government secrecy.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
  • Her only 'crime' seems to be coming from the 'wrong' country.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Several officers who either pleaded guilty or were convicted by a jury for their role in the corruption scheme had their felony convictions tossed out in favor of misdemeanors amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • Judge Subramanian also noted there was no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Fort Worth for June 1st - June 14th, 2025.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2025
  • In addition to excessive force, the complaint claimed denial of medical care, governmental liability, supervisory liability, wrongful death and survival action, and that the actions of the law enforcement officers constituted a violation of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993.
    Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The fact is, Sinners is not about sin in the religious sense but more about America’s most significant secular violation: its refusal to face itself.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Yet no former secretary of state has been more vehemently criticized, most notably for sins of omission and commission in countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile and East Timor.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025

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“Misdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdoing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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