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Recent Examples of wrongdoing Both Schiff and Cook have denied any wrongdoing. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 Aerial Recovery, Turner and her husband and chief operations officer, Jeremy Locke, all of whom are named in the attorney general’s lawsuit, deny intentionally engaging in any wrongdoing. Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025 Andrew settled a lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre without acknowledging any wrongdoing. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025 And so the Hornets — while not accused of any wrongdoing as a team — had their names splashed around in several places in the indictment. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wrongdoing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoing
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
  • Taken together, these triumphal and tragic elements constitute the ingredients for an epic historical narrative that defies all moralistic categories, a story rooted in the coexistence of grandeur and failure, brilliance and blindness, grace and sin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In an era of 51st-state tensions, there’s something psychically fitting about Canada, America’s top hat, being used to reenact so many of America’s sins.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Wrongdoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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