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Recent Examples of wrongdoing Throughout a government investigation into the relationship, Yang has denied any wrongdoing. Max Foster, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 Andrew, 65, denies any wrongdoing, but stepped back from royal duties in 2019, over his Epstein links. NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 The Duke of York denied any wrongdoing, and in February 2022, settled with Giuffre out of court for an undisclosed sum. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 In almost every investigation, someone had first tried to raise a warning, ask for help or report wrongdoing to an authority. Ryan Martin, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wrongdoing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoing
Noun
  • 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
  • Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cohen, like other prosecutors who commit intentional misconduct are shielded – entirely.
    Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The immunity would not apply in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the dispatcher.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That will kick off a public process in which the City Council will carefully consider which violations warrant the use of of administrative citations and how the fines will be scaled.
    Wes Burdine, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Currently, nearly 60,000 people are being held by ICE, almost half have no criminal record, only immigration violations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 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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“Wrongdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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