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malconduct, n.|mælˈkɒndəkt|
Also 8 male-.
[f. mal- + conduct n.]
Improper conduct; esp. improper or dishonest administration of an office, business, etc.
1741Johnson Parl. Deb. in Gentl. Mag. XI. 414 The Male-conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman. 1757Monitor No. 92 II. 395 To distinguish between men disgraced for mal-conduct; and ministers displaced who [etc.]. 1778Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) I. 201 He must be convicted of malconduct, before he can be removed. 1798Nelson 13 Nov. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) III. 171 Instances of the greatest mal-conduct of persons in office. 1799Ibid. 4 Feb. 255 The malconduct of the Maltese has caused the enterprise to fail. 1804M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) II. 157 Some evidence, of mal-conduct or specific charges, was called for.
Hence † malconduct v. intr. rare, to be guilty of malconduct.
1801E. Gerry in N. Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register (1896) L. 27 Its own government..having removed from office, such as it conceived had malconducted. |