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
Satire is generally incurious of motive, unconcerned about the conditions that produced whatever distortion of personality, misdeed or excess it targets for opprobrium.
From New York Times • May 13, 2022
“They can unite their whole readership behind saying how terrible this person is or that misdeed was, whereas if you’re debating party policy, it’s a 50-50 thing.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
Meanwhile, the Louvre’s fired director announced that Perugia had been proven to be “a cunning madman. His misdeed and the preposterous explanation he gives seem to prove it.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?" by Robert Davis
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