misconduct

Speech parts

1. misconduct - Noun

2. misconduct - Verb

Meaning

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

To conduct amiss; to mismanage.

To behave amiss.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

offense wrongdoing misdemeanor misbehavior corruption abuse fraud mismanagement transgression impropriety delinquency disorderly conduct misbehave misdeed mismanage
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Antonyms

code of conduct justice self-control behavior accuracy honor
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Hypernyms

move act activity direction care deal

Hyponyms

injury maintenance violation injustice infringement intrusion

Phrases with the word

misconduct oneself acts of misconduct be guilty of misconduct wilful misconduct business misconduct criminal misconduct

Examples

In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? Dwight D. Eisenhower

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame. Cicero

Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct. Hermann Adler

There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who work in any industry can reinforce each others' ideas about what is okay. Ben Goldacre

In representing criminal defendants-especially guilty ones-it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the government on trial for its misconduct. In law, as in sports, the best defense is often a good offense. Alan Dershowitz

The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct. Bill James

Close letter words and terms

misconclude misconclusion miscondition misconduct oneself misconfide misconfidence