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malfeasance

[mal-fee-zuhns] / mælˈfi zəns /
NOUN
wrongdoing
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NOUN
crime
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There’s no evidence of malfeasance by the company or others, and Astrotech didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Yet her latest documentary, debuting on Netflix Wednesday, is “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing,” which portrays the airplane maker’s continuing malfeasance as not just greedy but malevolent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Readers weigh in on GLP-1 drugs, the Harold Alfond Foundation, saving for retirement, and congressional malfeasance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

In the 1980s and 1990s, widely circulated stories about Medicaid exposed fraud and malfeasance by providers.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

The charge of malfeasance was a serious one.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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