misdeed

Example Sentences

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"Taaf suggested that I might want to offer up an apology for my life", King wrote, "but an apology assumes a crime, an offence, a misdeed".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Official wrist-slaps and “wet smooches” delivered to corporate leaders by federal regulators and prosecutors are the rule, no matter how egregious the misdeed — even when it’s as bad as the Wells Fargo customer fraud.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

“If there has been a misdeed, probably a disquieted conscience will go on and on,” The A.P. quoted him as saying at the service.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

But it’s hard when the bond between team and fan has frayed to the point where the reaction to an oversight or misdeed is to assume the worst-case scenario.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021

Both the old artist and the former beauty had long forgotten his misdeed.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord