malfeasant
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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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malfeasance (mælˈfiːzəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 (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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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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It is when you have an existing employee who is malfeasant in some respect that you have to investigate.
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