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malfeasance

/ˌmælˈfizəns/

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What does malfeasance mean?

noun

  1. Wrongdoing.
  2. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

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/ˌmælˈfizəns/

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But in a country where high intelligence and thorough training are imperatively demanded, it follows of necessity that these qualifications must insure for their possessors a permanent career in which the temptations to malfeasance or dishonesty are reduced to the minimum.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486