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sexual assault collapse: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"

misappropriation collapse: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"

defamation collapse: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

muckraking collapse: the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)

mismanagement collapse: management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

seduction collapse: enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

malpractice collapse: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

toxin collapse: a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

fly in the ointment collapse: an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

infection collapse: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

scandal collapse: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people; a disgraceful event

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

pollution collapse: undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

misconduct collapse: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

abomination collapse: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"; a person who is loathsome or disgusting

festering collapse: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

rape collapse: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will; the act of despoiling a country in warfare; Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop; destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"; force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

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