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misconduct

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


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In the debate, Conley and Lawler sparred over their associations with men accused of misconduct.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Employees facing misconduct allegations would be informed of the possible outcomes before being asked to respond and a suicide prevention framework was being developed, it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rep. Jimmy Gomez’s reelection bid, once helped by his high-profile fight against President Trump’s immigration policies, is in peril as he tries to recover from allegations of sexual misconduct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The campaign puts clergy, veterans, teachers and other volunteers at voting stations where they will explain voting rights, try to de-escalate confrontations and document intimidation or other misconduct.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 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

Neither front has seen much improvement for the Panthers, who took 14 penalties, including six misconducts and another for abuse of officials in the blowout loss.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Vegas’ Chandler Stephenson and Jonathan Marchessault were assessed misconducts, along with Edmonton’s Kailer Yamamoto and Evander Kane earlier in the period.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 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

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

From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope

The practice of compelling girls who had misconducted themselves to stand in church for three Sundays was only given up at Pickering in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home

One of these was Trebonius, who had misconducted himself in Spain, and was smarting under the recollection of his own failures.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

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

She has never misconducted herself; and what is more, she has been cruelly used since she came home.”

From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope

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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