malfeasance
Use Malfeasance in a sentence
zəns 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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| —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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Malfeasance
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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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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Example sentences
Things will get better when the voting population refuses to accept malfeasance from either party.
And not having to admit to any malfeasance in the over billings and all the other questionable tricks.
New reports of possible malfeasance keep coming fast and furious.
In Chicago, a babbling burglar was telling a gripping tale of police malfeasance.
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