Malfeasance

Definitions

1. Wrongdoing.
   countable, uncountable
2. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form⟳ of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.”

“By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.”

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