malfeasance

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. wrongful conduct by a public official
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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