misconductnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˌmɪsˈkɑːn.dʌkt/misconduct noun [ U ] (BEHAVIOUR)
unacceptable or bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority or responsibility:
The psychiatrist was found guilty of gross (= unacceptable) professional misconduct.
The former priest denied allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Bad and wrong behaviour
- act
- act out
- act up
- angel
- astray
- at your worst idiom
- be no angel idiom
- cross
- go off the rails idiom
- go round
- impossible
- incorrigible
- indecorous
- rail
- rough
- step
- step out of line idiom
- step/be out of line idiom
- terrible twins
- try it on idiom
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misconduct noun [ U ] (BAD MANAGEMENT)
the fact that the activities of an organization are badly managed:
financial misconduct
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Bad and wrong behaviour
- act
- act out
- act up
- angel
- astray
- at your worst idiom
- be no angel idiom
- cross
- go off the rails idiom
- go round
- impossible
- incorrigible
- indecorous
- rail
- rough
- step
- step out of line idiom
- step/be out of line idiom
- terrible twins
- try it on idiom
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misconductverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪs.kənˈdʌkt/us/ˌmɪs.kənˈdʌkt/to manage the activities of an organization badly:
The aid programme was misconducted, resulting in large quantities of food failing to reach the famine victims.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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