malpractice

English

Etymology

mal- +‎ practice

Noun

malpractice (countable and uncountable, plural malpractices)

1. The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.
2. Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.
   • 2007, Stephen Prosser, To Be a Servant-Leader

     When such a breakdown occurs there must be a full examination of the corruption that has been committed, and the leaders involved in malpractices must be encouraged to give a full account of what took place.

Translations

the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: nedbalost f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hoitovirhe
• French: erreur médicale f
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• German: Kunstfehler m, Behandlungsfehler (de) m
• Hungarian: műhiba (hu)
• Irish: míchleachtas m
• Portuguese: negligência (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: negligencia (es) f

improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zneužití úřední moci n
• Finnish: epäeettinen toiminta
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• French: méconduite (fr) f
• Irish: míchleachtas m
• Portuguese: negligência (pt) f
• Russian: должностно́е преступле́ние (ru) n (dolžnostnóje prestuplénije), престу́пная хала́тность (prestúpnaja xalátnostʹ)
• Spanish: negligencia (es) f

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} negligencia (es) f
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Anagrams

• empractical