MALFEASANCE Synonyms

• departure from what is ethically acceptable

• activity that transgresses moral or civil law

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• nonpayment of a debt when due

• a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

• an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor

• the quality of being dishonest

• lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

• intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

• the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct

• morally objectionable behavior

• an act that disregards an agreement or a right

• a crime less serious than a felony

• professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage

• a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct

• improper or wicked or immoral behavior

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• the action of attacking an enemy

• the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

• the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

• the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

• a crime less serious than a felony

• an act that disregards an agreement or a right

• entry to another's property without right or permission

• a disrespectful act

• the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will