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Malfeasance   Listen
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Malfeasance  n.  (Written also malefeasance)  (Law) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.






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"Malfeasance" Quotes from Famous Books



... men drawing salaries, and few sober breaths, but doing nothing else. The present head of government when he left the office of city collector, lost or destroyed his books, that they might tell no tale of the monstrous malfeasance of his administration. Corporations were held up for sums that never appeared on the books. Instead of paying licenses and taxes, merchants, manufacturers, saloon keepers, brewers and others paid tribute to the ...
— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann



Words linked to "Malfeasance" :   wrongful conduct, wrongdoing, actus reus, misconduct



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