malpractice

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ADJ.

medical

The patient filed a lawsuit against the hospital for medical malpractice after the surgery went wrong.

VERB + MALPRACTICE

power, sued

The doctor was sued for malpractice after leaving surgical instruments inside the patient.

MALPRACTICE + NOUN

insurance

The hospital required all doctors to carry malpractice insurance before they could begin working.

PREP.

down, in, on

The doctor was sued for malpractice in treating the patient's broken leg.

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typically

Doctors who fail to follow proper procedures are typically accused of malpractice.

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1

The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

2

Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.

When such a breakdown occurs there must be a full examination of the corruption that has been committed, and the leaders involved in malpractices must be encouraged to give a full account of what took place.

A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world.

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When such a breakdown occurs there must be a full examination of the corruption that has been committed, and the leaders involved in malpractices must be encouraged to give a full account of what took

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A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in

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“It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,” said May Mailman, the White H

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Malpractice insurance is a contributing factor to the high cost of medical care.

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You should be sued for malpractice.

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The doctor who treated Tom should be sued for malpractice.

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