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misconduct

noun

1 misconduct

Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.

Roget 699: unskillfulness etc. adj.; want of skill etc. 698; incompetence, incompentency; inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience; disqualification, unproficiency; ... show more

Roget 947: guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality, criminousness; deviation from rectitude etc. (improbity) 940; sinfulness etc. (vice) 945.    ... show more

2 misconduct

Activity that transgresses moral or civil law.

synonyms: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct.

Dutch: ambtsmisdrijf, wangedrag
Polish: postępek, zło

verb

1 misconduct

Behave badly.

synonyms: misbehave, misdemean.

Dutch: beesten, misdragen, zich misdragen

2 misconduct

Manage badly or incompetently.

synonyms: mishandle, mismanage.

Roget 699: be unskillful etc. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, badness, be negligent, befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct ... show more.

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