malpracticenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/us/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury or loss:
They are accused of medical/financial/electoral malpractice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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