malfeasance
71wrongful conduct — I noun bad conduct, breach, contravention, corruption, crime, delinquency, dereliction, deviation from rectitude, ill conduct, illegal action, illegality, impropriety, infringement, injurious action, injustice, malfeasance, malpractice,… …
72deviation from rectitude — I noun abuse, bad faith, bad repute, blame, corruption, crime, disgrace, dishonor, guilt, malfeasance, misconduct, misdoing, misfeasance, misprision II index abuse (corrupt practice), attaint, bad faith, bad repute …
73misdeed — I noun abomination, atrocity, bad behavior, blunder, crime, cruel act, culpable omission, delict, delictum, delinquency, dereliction, dutilessness, evil deed, fault, felony, guilty act, illegality, improper behavior, impropriety, infamous conduct …
74non-feasance — n. the failure of an agent (employee) to perform a task he/she has agreed to do for his/her principal (employer), as distinguished from misfeasance (performing poorly) or malfeasance (performing illegally or wrongly). See also: malfeasance …
75crime — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. offense, wrong; misdemeanor, felony, outrage; transgression, sin, evil, wrongdoing; illegality, lawbreaking. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An outrageous act] Syn. offense, transgression, misdemeanor, felony …
76guilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact or sense of commission of wrong Nouns 1. guilt, guiltiness, culpability, chargeability, criminality, improbity, sinfulness (see badness). See accusation. 2. (act of doing wrong) misconduct,… …
77maleficence — (n.) 1590s, from M.Fr. maleficence or directly from L. maleficentia evildoing, mischievousness, injury, from maleficus wicked (see MALEFIC (Cf. malefic)). Now largely displaced by MALFEASANCE (Cf. malfeasance) …
78misfeasance — /mɪsˈfizəns/ (say mis feezuhns) noun Law 1. wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action. 2. the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority. Compare… …
79misfeasance — /misfiyzans/ The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do. nonfeasance means the omission of an act which a person ought to do; misfeasance is the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do; and malfeasance… …
80misfeasance — /misfiyzans/ The improper performance of some act which a person may lawfully do. nonfeasance means the omission of an act which a person ought to do; misfeasance is the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do; and malfeasance… …
