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malfeasance

[ mal-fee-zuhns ]

noun

Law.
  1. the performance of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law, especially by a public official or a person in a position of public trust. Compare misfeasance ( def 2 ), nonfeasance ( def ).


malfeasance

/ æˈھːəԲ /

noun

  1. law the doing of a wrongful or illegal act, esp by a public official Compare misfeasance nonfeasance
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱ𲹲Գ, nounadjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ڱ·Գ adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of malfeasance1

First recorded in 1660–70; earlier malefeasance. See male-, feasance
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of malfeasance1

C17: from Old French mal faisant, from mal evil + faisant doing, from faire to do, from Latin facere
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Under state law, it can ban someone from operating, directing or working at them if that person has violated state rules for the facilities, engaged in financial malfeasance or harmed residents.

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The law governing the office says that until the expiration of that term, the special counsel “may be removed by the president only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”

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The first asserted that the bureau’s management structure, with no board and a single director who could be removed by a president only for inefficiency or malfeasance, was unconstitutional.

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Revelations seem to emerge on a daily basis about Patel's malfeasance in his positions during Trump's first term, always because he was operating as Trump's propaganda minister regardless of the actual job he held.

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The killing is complicated by accusations of malfeasance against the dead man.

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