MISFEASANCES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

misfeasances

noun

plural of misfeasance

as in misprisions

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Noun

Spires is also charged with felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a dangerous person and three misdemeanors, while Wilson is also charged with two misdemeanors, filings show.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The day of the incident, Jacobs was charged with felony strangulation and suffocation, and four misdemeanors pertaining to domestic abuse.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of misdemeanors

Noun

And for five years, the retirees have been fighting these wrongs with little or no support from the vast majority of the City Council who have never even met with the retirees’ representatives.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
And having the club fined is also not going to cause individual players to curtail their emotions or not defend themselves against actual or perceived wrongs.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrongs

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To complete the drama, England finished with 13, Argentina with 15 when Henry Pollock was sent to the sin-bin over team infringements and Emmanuel Iyogun, on debut, for cynical offending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The Bill of Rights establishes the rights of the people against infringements by the State.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026

Definition of infringements

Noun

Ten of the violations were for the most serious infractions under Florida law, including lapses in care or supervision.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Restraint, then death Authorities detained Adair in the Wyandotte County Jail on July 4, 2025, following a series of traffic infractions.

— Sofi Zeman August 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of infractions

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After the story was published, YouTube removed several channels for content violations.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Other alleged violations — which total 23 in all — range from not having any smoke or carbon monoxide detectors throughout the property to failing to maintain the building in a structurally safe and stable condition.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of violations

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The most bitter setback came when the state largely just stood down, in 2020 and since, after the Madigan transgressions created a mandate for transformative change.

— David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Many others in the moment hoped that Nixon’s transgressions would spark something of a democratic revival to check the dangerous tendencies that had made Watergate possible.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of transgressions

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