malfeasance
11Malfeasance in office — Criminal law Part o …
12malfeasance — noun Etymology: mal + obsolete feasance doing, execution Date: 1696 wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official …
13malfeasance — malfeasant, adj., n. /mal fee zeuhns/, n. Law. the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust). Cf. misfeasance (def. 2),… …
14malfeasance — noun /ˌmælˈfiz.əns/ a) wrongdoing b) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage. Syn: misconduct, wrongdoing See Also: malfeasant, malefactor …
15malfeasance — Synonyms and related words: abuse, abuse of office, atrocity, bad policy, befoulment, breach, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, deadly sin, debasement, defalcation,… …
16malfeasance — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrongdoing, misbehavior, impropriety; see mischief 3 …
17malfeasance — mal|feas|ance [mælˈfi:zəns] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: mal + feasance doing (16 18 centuries) (from Anglo French fesance, from Old French faire to do )] law illegal or dishonest activity …
18malfeasance — mal|fea|sance [ ,mæl fizns ] noun uncount LEGAL illegal actions …
19malfeasance — mal·fea·sance || mæl fiËzÉ™ns n. (Law) wrongdoing, trespass (especially by a public official) …
20malfeasance — [mal fi:z(ə)ns] noun Law wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official. Derivatives malfeasant noun & adjective Origin C17: from Anglo Norman Fr. malfaisance, from mal evil + OFr. faisance activity …
