malfeasance
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Some experts believe that courts could adapt legal doctrine to address malfeasance by A.I., much as they once found a way to convict companies, not just individuals, for crimes.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
The trust may specify that all the beneficiaries have to agree to any changes, or that a panel has to concur that certain conditions are met, or else a court may have to find malfeasance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
Self-defense or no, what I’d done was unquestionably malfeasance.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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