misconduct
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Definition of misconduct
1
: mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
2
: intentional wrongdoing
specifically
: deliberate violation of a law or standard especially by a government official : malfeasance
3a
: improper behavior
b
: adultery
4
: a penalty (as in ice hockey) for improper behavior or abusive language (as toward an official)
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Other Words from misconduct
misconduct
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Synonyms for misconduct
Synonyms
malfeasance, misbehavior, misdoing, wrongdoing
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Examples of misconduct in a Sentence
He was forced to defend himself against charges of sexual misconduct.
There have been reports of misconduct by several employees.
Recent Examples on the Web
Earlier this month, it was announced Mississippi State was put on NCAA probation after a student and part-time athletics department tutor committed academic misconduct and. — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, "Mississippi State suspends 7 for opener with Louisiana," 31 Aug. 2019 The Diocese of Juneau released the results of the review, which identified six priests and a religious brother as those accused of misconduct involving minors or vulnerable adults during the diocese's nearly 70-year history. — Author: Rachel D'oro, Anchorage Daily News, "7 Alaska clergy members named in Catholic church review of sexual misconduct allegations," 23 Aug. 2019 Margot Robbie stars as a fictional associate producer who鈥檚 believed to be a composite of other real-life Fox News employees who accused Ailes of misconduct. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "A brief history of Nicole Kidman鈥檚 iconic wigs," 22 Aug. 2019 Fifteen archdiocese priests have been suspended or permanently removed from the priesthood in the past 20 years because of accusations of misconduct involving children. — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, "West Side priest Geoff Drew indicted on rape charges," 19 Aug. 2019 The decision serves as the culmination of a years-long case Earlier in August, Rosemarie Maldonado, the NYPD鈥檚 deputy commissioner of trials, found that Pantaleo was guilty of misconduct and recommended that he be fired. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer involved in Eric Garner鈥檚 death, has been fired," 19 Aug. 2019 The inquiry is reviewing whether prosecutors committed professional misconduct in their handling of the earlier Epstein case. — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, "Jeffrey Epstein Dead in Suicide at Jail, Spurring Inquiries," 10 Aug. 2019 The mayor has been called out in the past for his economic development plan which razed low-income black and Latinx neighborhoods, and for his handling of police misconduct cases and lack of diversity on the police force. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Mayor Pete Faces the Music: RaceAhead," 24 June 2019 Instead, in Carroll鈥檚 case, a perverse kind of paradox has set in: The sheer number of women who have accused the president of misconduct seems to have helped to diminish the impact of her accusation. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "The Cruel Paradox at the Heart of E. Jean Carroll鈥檚 Allegation Against Trump," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'misconduct.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for misconduct
misconduct
noun
English Language Learners Definition of misconduct
: wrong behavior : behavior or activity that is illegal or morally wrong
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misconduct
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Kids Definition of misconduct
: bad behavior
misconduct
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Legal Definition of misconduct
: intentional or wanton wrongful but usually not criminal behavior: as
a
: deliberate or wanton violation of standards of conduct by a government official
b
: wrongful behavior (as adultery) by a spouse that leads to the dissolution of the marriage
c
: an attorney's violation of the standards set for professional conduct
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: an attorney's and especially a prosecutor's use of deceptive or reprehensible methods in presenting a case to a jury
d
: impermissible behavior by a juror (as communicating about the case with outsiders, witnesses, or others, reading or hearing news reports about the case, or independently introducing evidence to other jurors)
e
: an employee's deliberate or wanton disregard of an employer's interests or disregard or violation of the employer's standards or rules that is sufficient to justify a denial of unemployment compensation
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