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malfeasance
[ mal-fee-zuhns ]
noun
- the performance of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law, especially by a public official or a person in a position of public trust. Compare misfeasance ( def 2 ), nonfeasance ( def ).
malfeasance
/ æˈھːəԲ /
noun
- law the doing of a wrongful or illegal act, esp by a public official Compare misfeasance nonfeasance
Derived Forms
- ˈڱԳ, nounadjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ڱ·Գ adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of malfeasance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of malfeasance1
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Example Sentences
Oxford Business College said there had been "no findings of malfeasance" and it would challenge the decision, which it said was "unlawful".
Under state law, it can ban someone from operating, directing or working at them if that person has violated state rules for the facilities, engaged in financial malfeasance or harmed residents.
The law governing the office says that until the expiration of that term, the special counsel “may be removed by the president only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
The first asserted that the bureau’s management structure, with no board and a single director who could be removed by a president only for inefficiency or malfeasance, was unconstitutional.
Revelations seem to emerge on a daily basis about Patel's malfeasance in his positions during Trump's first term, always because he was operating as Trump's propaganda minister regardless of the actual job he held.
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