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

I scanned my memory for every possible misdeed.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

“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

“Normally, we use law enforcement investigative tools like subpoenas to investigate known crimes,” he said, not to fish around for a certain individual’s secret misdeed.

From Slate • May 12, 2020

A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck’s misdeed.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London