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malpractice
noun
1 malpractice
Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage.
Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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2 malpractice
A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct.
Moby thesaurus: abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, evil courses, evildoing, feloniousness, fouling, impolicy, inexpedience, inexpediency, lawbreaking, maladministration, malfeasance, malversation, misadministration, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdirection, misdoing, misemployment, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misprision, misprision of treason, misrule, misusage, misuse, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, omission, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, positive misprision, profanation, prostitution, sin, thou scarlet sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong conduct, wrongdoing ... show more.
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