[responsivevoice] malfeasance [/responsivevoice] [ mal-fee-zuh ns ]
The word of the day is ‘malfeasance’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Wrongdoing
2. Crime
3. Evil conduct
4. An illegal deed
1. One evening a court was organized to try him for “malfeasance in office.”
2. In the language of the courts, an agent is liable to third parties for malfeasance, but not for misfeasance.
3. Without hesitation he found either Jimmie or his companion to be guilty of malfeasance in office.
4. After the time of Philip Augustus, there was malfeasance in the police of Paris.
5. Very little of the malfeasance in positions of public trust escaped the attention of this writer.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
impropriety, misbehaviour, misconduct, wrongdoing, delinquency bad behaviour, misdemeanour, baseness, felony, misdeed, turpitude, wrong, impropriety, depravity, violation, genocide etc.
legal framework, the legal system, lawfulness, business ethics, honesty, principle, oath
Quotation:
If I bring to light a company that’s poisoning customers, defrauding investors, or something like that… there just aren’t enough regulators in the world to keep up with all of the fraud and malfeasance that goes on out there, particularly in the little nooks and crannies of the market.
Whitney Tilson
Social Example:
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