Malfeasance Definition

măl-fēzəns
noun
Wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. by a public official; commission of an act that is positively unlawful.
Webster's New World
An unlawful act, particularly one committed by a public official.
Webster's New World Law

Wrongdoing.

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Noun

Singular:
malfeasance
Plural:
malfeasances

Origin of Malfeasance

  • Anglo-Norman malfaisance from Old French malfaisant malfeasant present participle of malfaire to do evil from Latin malefacere malefactor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“do evil"), from Latin malefaciō (“I do evil"), from male (“evilly") + faciō (“do, make").

    From Wiktionary

Malfeasance Sentence Examples

  • The government wants to draw a line under the glut of financial malfeasance.

  • Laws govern the way that employees are treated; however, social forums on the Internet are always abuzz with topics of corporate malfeasance.

  • The nail in the coffin so to speak has come rather recently, through the past year's scandals of broad corporate malfeasance.

  • From the suffrage and the holding of office are excluded idiots and insane persons and all those who have been convicted of treason, embezzlement, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or any crime involving moral turpitude and punishable under the laws of the state by imprisonment in the penitentiary - this last disqualification, however, is removable by a pardon for the offence.

  • The governor's appointing power is almost entirely limited to officers of state institutions, and for every appointment he makes the approval of the Senate is required; but he need not ask the consent of that body to remove for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office " any officer whom he may appoint."

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