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malfeasance

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌmælˈfiːzəns/

Definition of malfeasance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Wrongdoing.
    “For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Wrongdoing.
    “For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“to do evil”), from Latin malefaciō (“to do evil”), from male (“evilly”) + faciō (“to do, make”).

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