The accountant who stole from the firm went to jail for corporate malfeasance.
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Malfeasance
/ˌmælˈfiːzəns/
Synonyms for "malfeasance" (115 found)
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abuseabuse of officeatrocitybad policybefoulmentbreachconversioncorrupt administrationcrimecrime against humanitycriminal tendencycriminalitycriminosisdeadly sindebasementdefalcationdefilementdelinquencyderelictiondesecration
Noun(3 words)
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diversionembezzlementenormityerrorevilevil coursesevildoingfailurefaultfeloniousnessfelonyfoulinggenocideguilty actheavy sinimpolicyimproprietyindiscretioninexpedienceinexpediency
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Noun(1 words)
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misappropriationmisconductmisdeedmisdemeanormisdirectionmisdoingmisemploymentmisfeasancemisgovernmentmisguidancemishandlingmismanagementmisprisionmisprision of treasonmisrulemisusagemisusemortal sinneglectnegligence
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nonfeasanceoffenseomissionoutragepeccadillopeccancypeculationperversionpilferingpollutionpoor stewardshippositive misprisionprofanationprostitutionsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actslipthou scarlet sintorttransgressiontrespasstripunutterable sinvenial sinviceviciousnessviolationwrongwrong conductwrongdoing
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6 entriesacts of malfeasancecorporate malfeasancehigh profile malfeasanceofficial malfeasancepolitical malfeasancepublic office malfeasance
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5 total sentences available.
The Catalan politicians are accused of disobedience, embezzlement, and malfeasance.
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An investigative committee has accused 300 organizations, individuals and some army officials of financial malfeasance totaling an estimated $241 million in fraud and overpayments of contracts.
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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.
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