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单词 malfeasance
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Definition of malfeasance in English:

malfeasance

noun malˈfiːz(ə)nsˌmælˈfizəns
mass nounLaw
  • Wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unions and victims' groups have already accused the company of fraud, deceit and corporate malfeasance.
    • Its greatest concern has been unrest in rural areas brought on by official malfeasance and land disputes.
    • Reporters have long been the last bastion against tyranny, wrongdoing and malfeasance.
    • But this litigation is often the only means to protect society from medical malpractice or corporate malfeasance.
    • Even if they were just friends, that made it newsworthy, because it was about public malfeasance.
    • This would occur whenever the public is made aware of official malfeasance or incompetence.
    Synonyms
    deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness

Derivatives

  • malfeasant

  • noun & adjective malˈfiːz(ə)ntmælˈfiz(ə)nt
    Law
    • It is no longer the case that a malfeasant physician can escape her record by moving to another state.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have no evidence to back up this sort of malfeasant roguish claim.
      • It's still possible that this is just a cataclysmic bankruptcy for which a few malfeasant executives will pay a stiff price.
      • At the least he ought to have known or is malfeasant for not making it his business to know.
      • They are a malfeasant U.S. corporation that has potentially caused us to lose $500 million.
      • How much gumption does it take to pillory the malfeasant editors, reporters, and publisher who turned to compost ages ago?

Origin

Late 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- 'evil' + Old French faisance 'activity'. Compare with misfeasance.

 
 

Definition of malfeasance in US English:

malfeasance

nounˌmalˈfēzənsˌmælˈfizəns
Law
  • Wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this litigation is often the only means to protect society from medical malpractice or corporate malfeasance.
    • Even if they were just friends, that made it newsworthy, because it was about public malfeasance.
    • Reporters have long been the last bastion against tyranny, wrongdoing and malfeasance.
    • Unions and victims' groups have already accused the company of fraud, deceit and corporate malfeasance.
    • This would occur whenever the public is made aware of official malfeasance or incompetence.
    • Its greatest concern has been unrest in rural areas brought on by official malfeasance and land disputes.
    Synonyms
    deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness

Origin

Late 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- ‘evil’ + Old French faisance ‘activity’. Compare with misfeasance.

 
 
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