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misconduct

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


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The financial stakes are high for the Sheriff’s Department to address deputy gangs and other issues associated with misconduct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

His articles allege violations of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, as well as misconduct involving civilian casualties and operations in Yemen and Venezuela.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Impeachment is a rare process by which the House of Representatives can vote to find an official guilty of misconduct and the Senate can then vote remove to the person from office.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Lawmakers accused Peña, who was a shareholder until last year in the company that owned the bank, of conflicts of interest and misconduct.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

All sorts of people were contacting us with wide-ranging claims of corruption and misconduct.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Florida was whistled for 14 penalties, including two misconducts by Tkachuk, who insisted the Panthers are simply playing their brand of physical hockey.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Both hits resulted in game misconducts, but it didn’t appear further punishment was coming for Lomberg the way it came for Oleksiak.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

“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

"It is impossible that any one should be happy who misconducts herself."

From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope

He now said he thought Mrs. Burroughs had misconducted herself, and he could not order her husband to take her home again. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie

The universal complaint of the Spanish or national party in the time of Christina was, that the queen's education was neglected, or, it should rather be said, misconducted.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

He had also misconducted himself in a dispute with the Lord Chancellor respecting injunctions; moreover, he had insulted the king when called before him in the case of commendams.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

Two legions were left in Egypt to protect them if they were faithful, or to coerce them if they misconducted themselves.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

I myself only saw Lady Rose once, so far as I remember, before she misconducted herself.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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

He, as usual, is misconducting himself to quite a remarkable degree.

From The Hoyden by Duchess


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