Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
wrongful conduct by a public official;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malfeasance \Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant
injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr.
of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf.
Maleficence.] (Law)
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil
conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
malfeasance
n 1: wrongful conduct by a public official