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noun Law.
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def. 2), nonfeasance.
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Malfeasance
is always a great word to know.
So is assignment. Does it mean:
| an appellate court intermediate between the trial courts and the court of last resort |
| the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer; a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors |
Example Sentences
- They will pay for their heavy handed malfeasance.
- Ethnic violence, government malfeasance, and endemic crime have undermined stability and civil society.
- In Chicago, a babbling burglar was telling a gripping tale of police malfeasance.
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World English Dictionary
| malfeasance (mælˈfiːzəns) | |
| —n | |
| law misfeasance Compare nonfeasance the doing of a wrongful or illegal act, esp by a public official | |
| [C17: from Old French mal faisant, from mal evil + faisant doing, from faire to do, from Latin facere] | |
| mal'feasant | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
malfeasance
1690s, from Fr. malfaisance "wrongdoing," from mal- "badly" (see mal-) + faisant, prp. of faire "to do," from L. facere "to do" (see factitious). Malfeasor "wrong-doer" is attested from early 14c. Related: Malfeasant.
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