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misfeasance: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

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

misguidance collapse

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

evildoing collapse

misdirection collapse: incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

mishandling collapse

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

desecration collapse

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"

misusage collapse

pilfering collapse

misdeed collapse

felony collapse: a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

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

tort collapse: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

lawbreaking collapse

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

peccadillo collapse

misrule collapse

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"

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

defalcation collapse: the sum of money that is misappropriated

untruth collapse

misjudgment collapse

wrongdoing collapse: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

inexpedience collapse: the quality of being unsuited to the end in view

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

prostitution collapse: offering sexual intercourse for pay

genocide collapse: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

misdemeanor collapse: a crime less serious than a felony

heresy collapse: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

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

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

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

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

unorthodoxy collapse: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

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