malfeasance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“to do evil”), from Latin malefaciō (“I do evil”), from male (“evilly”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malfeasance (countable and uncountable, plural malfeasances)
- Wrongdoing.
- (law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
- Coordinate terms: misfeasance, nonfeasance
- 2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.
Synonyms[edit]
- (wrongdoing): misconduct, wrongdoing
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Translations[edit]
wrongdoing
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misconduct doing damage
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