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misconduct

[mis-kon-duhkt, mis-kuhn-duhkt] / mɪsˈkɒn dʌkt, ˌmɪs kənˈdʌkt /


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A West Midlands Police misconduct hearing acknowledged PC Shannon Parsons felt "isolated and disconnected" due to working part-time and returning from maternity leave, but had breached standards of professional behaviour.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

But the ruling, which cited prosecutorial misconduct, does not prevent prosecutors from seeking a new indictment against the actor.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

During a hearing, Judge Joseph A. Montano granted Busfield’s motion to dismiss his indictment, citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He announced other measures including the appointment of a dedicated staff member to support individuals reporting sexual misconduct, and inviting specialized New York State Police detectives to probe future sexual assault allegations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

He was looking at investigative misconduct, small and large.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

It also caused a scrum that resulted in six penalties, including two unsportsmanlike penalties and two misconducts.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

They took four penalties in the first 50-plus minutes of the game and then many more, including three misconducts, in a late scuffle.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2023

“However,” she said, “the system that has allowed these misconducts remains.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

All three Florida goals were of the gritty variety from inside the crease, on a night where tempers flared with 19 penalties — four of them misconducts.

From Fox News ● Mar. 4, 2022

The criminal who has completed his sentence ought to be deemed to have purged his offence, and has a right to return to the community and obtain work until, if ever, he again misconducts himself.

From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery

That to Colonel Hodges was most strongly worded, calling on him to address Mohhammad Ali in writing to urge him to compensate the sufferers and remove those officers who had misconducted themselves in Damascus.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Louis Loewe

Over six hundred of these offenders were put in prison, not because they asked for "Votes for Women," but because they deliberately, persistently, and recklessly misconducted themselves.

From The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

It was at such times that the staff of “The Opp Eagle” misconducted itself.

From Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

I shouldn’t have got in to-night, but the misconducted body’s asleep, though I’ll say it’s the first time I saw him sleeping these four days.

From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

And then, though he would have gone to a desert island with his wife, had such exile been necessary for her protection, he did believe that she had misconducted herself.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope

If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Tilt, 31, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to wilfully misconducting himself in public office.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Tilt, of Barley Green, Birmingham, admitted wilfully misconducting himself in public office at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022

Thus a lot of people are misconducting themselves like this, and would enjoy programming that makes them feel represented in the media.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017

I think that he likes to insult me by misconducting himself.

From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope


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