malfeasance

/ˌmælˈfiːzəns/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

corporate, guilty

VERB + MALFEASANCE

back-burnering

MALFEASANCE + NOUN

microsoft, s

PREP.

ADV.

usually

Definitions

noun

Wrongdoing.

For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.

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

By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.

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For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.

Wiktionary

By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.

Wiktionary

The accountant who stole from the firm went to jail for corporate malfeasance.

Tatoeba · #7780297

The Catalan politicians are accused of disobedience, embezzlement, and malfeasance.

Tatoeba · #11320578

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