malfeasance

Example Sentences

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Even when investigators have validated aspects of complaints, they’ve found no evidence of malfeasance.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

In the world of family inheritance, such financial malfeasance is not unheard of.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission Act defines “cause” as “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Algorithmic bias and injustice are at the heart of this ingenious novel of technological innovation and corporate malfeasance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Self-defense or no, what I’d done was unquestionably malfeasance.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss