malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
ˌmal-ˈfē-zᵊn(t)s 
: wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
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The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
a campaign to impeach the governor for malfeasance in office
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Sterling Williams, who was charged with principle to simple escape and malfeasance in office, cut off the water to a cell's toilet so inmates could remove it without flooding the area, Murrill alleged in a news release last week.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Sterling Williams, 33, who was an employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office for allegedly turning off the water in the cell from which the escapees fled.
—Peter D'abrosca , Nate Foy, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Kennedy has pointed to corporate malfeasance as a leading source of America’s diet problems.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Accusations of malfeasance by financial aid offices have prompted major litigation in recent years, including a 2022 price-fixing lawsuit against more than a dozen prominent schools, including Brown.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Sterling Williams, 33, who was an employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office for allegedly turning off the water in the cell from which the escapees fled.
—Peter D'abrosca , Nate Foy, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Kennedy has pointed to corporate malfeasance as a leading source of America’s diet problems.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Accusations of malfeasance by financial aid offices have prompted major litigation in recent years, including a 2022 price-fixing lawsuit against more than a dozen prominent schools, including Brown.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for malfeasance
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“Malfeasance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malfeasance. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
(ˈ)mal-ˈfēz-ᵊn(t)s
: wrongful conduct especially by a public official
Legal Definition
malfeasance
noun
mal·fea·sance
ˌmal-ˈfēz-ᵊns
: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one's duties compare misfeasance, nonfeasance
Etymology
mal- bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais-, stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere
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