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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Misfeasance \Mis*fea"sance\, n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong arising from an overt act; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. --Bouvier. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

misfeasance n 1: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner