misconduct
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misconduct \Mis*con"duct\, n.
1. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unlawful or unethical conduct by a person holding a public
office or having a position of responsibility in the
administration of justice; malfeasance; as, discussing the
case out of court during a trial is misconduct by a juror;
especially, misuse of office by an elected or appointed
government official, also called {misconduct in office}.
[PJC]
Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed;
delinquency; offense.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "misconduct":
abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, badness, be negligent,
befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, crime,
criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement,
defalcation, defilement, desecration, discourtesy, disorder,
disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness,
diversion, do amiss, embezzlement, evil courses, evildoing,
feloniousness, fouling, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism,
horseplay, impolicy, impropriety, inexpedience, inexpediency,
lawbreaking, maladminister, maladministration, malfeasance,
malpractice, malversation, misadminister, misadministration,
misapplication, misapply, misappropriation, misbehavior, miscall,
miscite, miscount, misdeal, misdemeanor, misdirect, misdirection,
misdoing, misemploy, misemployment, misfeasance, misfield,
misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide, mishandle,
mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, misplay, misprint,
misprision, misprision of treason, misquote, misread, misreport,
misrule, misspell, misusage, misuse, naughtiness, neglect,
negligence, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, omission,
peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship,
positive misprision, profanation, prostitution, roughhouse,
rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, thou scarlet sin, vandalism,
venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong conduct,
wrongdoing
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