Found 2 items, similar to Malfeasance.
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Definition: malfeasance
malfeasance
n : wrongful conduct by a public official
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Malfeasance
Malfeasance
\Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant
injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr.
of faire to do. See
Malice,
Feasible, and cf.
Maleficence.] (Law)
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil
conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also
malefeasance.]
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