Malpractice insurance is a contributing factor to the high cost of medical care.
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Malpractice
Synonyms for "malpractice" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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10 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лекарска небрежност noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 職業不當行為 /职业不当行为 noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- 醫療過失 /医疗过失 noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Czech
2 entries- nedbalost noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
- zneužití úřední moci noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Dutch
1 entries- wanpraktijk noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Finnish
2 entries- epäeettinen toiminta noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- hoitovirhe noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
French
2 entries- méconduite noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- négligence médicale noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
German
3 entries- Amtsmissbrauch noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- Behandlungsfehler noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
- Kunstfehler noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Hungarian
4 entries- foglalkozás körében elkövetett veszélyeztetés noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- jogellenes gyakorlat/cselekedet/viselkedés noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- mulasztás noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- műhiba noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Irish
2 entries- míchleachtas noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
- míchleachtas noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Malay
1 entries- amalan salah noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Polish
1 entries- błąd w sztuce noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Portuguese
2 entries- negligência noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
- negligência noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Russian
2 entries- должностно́е преступле́ние noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
- престу́пная хала́тность noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Spanish
2 entries- negligencia noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
- negligencia noun (improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person)
Turkish
1 entries- tıbbi hata noun (the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
You should be sued for malpractice.
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The doctor who treated Tom should be sued for malpractice.
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Malpractice suits are down nationally.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.