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malfeasance

[mal-fee-zuhns] / mælˈfi zəns /
NOUN
wrongdoing
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NOUN
crime
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Yet her latest documentary, debuting on Netflix Wednesday, is “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing,” which portrays the airplane maker’s continuing malfeasance as not just greedy but malevolent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Their bigger worries are whether the executive has been involved in business malfeasance or behavior that harmed the company’s financials or reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Readers weigh in on GLP-1 drugs, the Harold Alfond Foundation, saving for retirement, and congressional malfeasance.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

In the 1980s and 1990s, widely circulated stories about Medicaid exposed fraud and malfeasance by providers.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

“Of what sort of malfeasance am I being accused?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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