About The Word Misconduct

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Misconduct

Misconduct Meaning & Definition
Misconduct Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misconduct?

[n] activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"
[n] bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
[v] manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
[v] behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Misconduct: actus reus | misbehave | misdemean | mishandle | mismanage | wrongdoing | wrongful conduct

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | act | act up | activity | brutalisation | brutalization | care | carry on | civil wrong | damage | deal | dereliction | direction | dishonesty | encroachment | evildoing | falsification | handle | infliction | infringement | iniquity | injury | injustice | intrusion | knavery | legal injury | malfeasance | malpractice | malversation | manage | management | misbehavior | misbehaviour | misdeed | misfeasance | misrepresentaation | move | perversion | tort | transgression | trespass | unfairness | usurpation | violation | wrong

Misconduct In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*con"duct\, n. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. --Addison. Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.
\Mis`con*duct"\, v. t. To conduct amiss; to mismanage. --Johnson. {To misconduct one's self}, to behave improperly.
\Mis`con*duct"\, v. i. To behave amiss.

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