Malfeasance

Noun

 * 1) wrongdoing
 * 2)  Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage.

Thesaurus
misuse, mortal sin, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, offense, omission, outrage, peccadillo, peccancy, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, positive misprision, profanation, prostitution, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, thou scarlet sin, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unutterable sin, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong, wrong conduct, wrongdoing, abuse, abuse of office, atrocity, bad policy, befoulment, breach, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, crime against humanity, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, deadly sin, debasement, defalcation, defilement, delinquency, dereliction, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, enormity, error, evil, evil courses, evildoing, failure, fault, feloniousness, felony, fouling, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, impolicy, impropriety, indiscretion, inexpedience, inexpediency, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, lawbreaking, maladministration, malefaction, malpractice, malum, malversation, minor wrong, misadministration, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdirection, misdoing, misemployment, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misprision, misprision of treason, misrule, misusage,

Etymology
From malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“do evil”), from  malefacio:, from male: + facio:.

Pronunciation

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Synonyms

 * misconduct, wrongdoing

Related terms

 * malfeasant
 * malefactor
 * maleficent
 * misfeasance
 * nonfeasance

Translations

 * Bosnian: malverzacija
 * Czech:, ,


 * German: Übeltat, Untat, Schandtat
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * German:, Sabotageakt


 * Portuguese: prevaricacão
 * Scottish Gaelic: