1. misconduct - Noun
2. misconduct - Verb
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
To conduct amiss; to mismanage.
To behave amiss.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn 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