单词 | malconduct |
释义 | malconductn. Unacceptable conduct; esp. improper or dishonest administration of an office, business, etc. Cf. maladministration n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > unfitting conduct > [noun] unskillc1175 unthriftc1374 inconveniencec1460 indecency1589 unworthiness1608 inconveniencya1616 malconduct1684 mal-behaviour1721 misdealing1851 society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt corruptionc1425 misusage1532 malversationc1550 maladministration1639 mismanagement1659 malconduct1684 1684 W. Penn Let. June (1932) 218 He hath great reason to ingratiate his course and malconduct, if he could. 1741 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lillput in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 414 The Male-conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman. 1757 Monitor No. 92 2 395 To distinguish between men disgraced for mal-conduct; and ministers displaced who [etc.]. 1778 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 201 He must be convicted of malconduct, before he can be removed. 1798 Ld. Nelson 13 Nov. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 171 Instances of the greatest mal-conduct of persons in office. 1799 Ld. Nelson 4 Feb. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 255 The malconduct of the Maltese has caused the enterprise to fail. 1804 M. Cutler Let. 10 Jan. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 157 Some evidence, of mal-conduct or specific charges, was called for. c1890 R. Campbell in C. Wilson Campbell of Yukon (1970) x. 86 The reported..desertion of Indians..[and] the frequent recurrence of such malconduct. 1978 Washington Post 22 Oct. a15 A superior court finding that..ordered a new primary election to be held because ‘cumulative malconduct’ by election officials had biased results. 1993 Los Angeles Times 30 Jan. b3/1 While there have been some hints and allusions to some human error during the course of this election, there is no credible evidence that would amount to malconduct of the precinct ward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † malconductv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To be guilty of malconduct. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [verb (intransitive)] misdemean1765 malconduct1801 society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > manage or administrate > improperly malverse1640 malconduct1801 1801 E. Gerry in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1896) L. 27 Its own government..having removed from office, such as it conceived had malconducted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1684v.1801 |
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