malefeasance

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Malefeasance \Male*fea"sance\, n.
   See {Malfeasance}.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.]
   [1913 Webster]
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