Definitions for malfeasance
mælˈfi zənsmalfea·sance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. malfeasancenoun

   wrongful conduct by a public official

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1. malfeasancenoun

   wrongdoing

2. malfeasancenoun

   Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage.

3. Etymology: From malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“do evil”), from malefacio, from male + facio.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malfeasance

   Misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance are types of failure to discharge public obligations existing by common law, custom, or statute. The Carta de Logu caused Eleanor of Arborea to be remembered as one of the first lawmakers to set up the crime of misfeasance.

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1. malfeasance

   Malfeasance is the act of deliberately doing something illegal or wrong, especially by a public official. It refers to the misuse of power or breach of trust and duties in an intentional way that harms or affects negatively on a person or organization.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Malfeasancenoun

   the doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed

2. Etymology: [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malfeasance

   mal-fē′zans, n. evil-doing: the doing of what one ought not to do: an illegal deed. [Fr. malfaisance—L. male, evil, facĕre, to do.]

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1. Malfeasance

   Malfeasance, maltreated

   The government of Buhari of nigeria recovered N559 billion malfeasanced

   
   

   Submitted by Artemis on June 28, 2017  

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1. • Wrongdoing

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malfeasance in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malfeasance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of malfeasance in a Sentence

1. Greg Schultz:

   We live in an era of increasingly rampant disinformation, and there are only two ways to address this toxic force that is corroding our democracy : responsibly and in a way that serves the public, or irresponsibly and in a nakedly self-serving manner, facebook's malfeasance when it comes to trafficking in blatantly false information is a national crisis in this respect.

2. Adam McKay:

   You're talking about the advent of hip hop, child soldiers, the sex scandal in Catholic church and malfeasance in Wall Street - I'm pretty proud of that for Hollywood.

3. Stacey Abrams:

   For me it was déjà vu. I am very aware of the frailty and the fallacy of the notion of acts of democracy in Georgia, we watched the secretary of state in 2018 set up a system of voter suppression and we watched the current secretary of state continue the same work. The reality is this was a mix of incompetence, malfeasance. It was a deliberate indifference to voters and it's a solvable problem.

4. Adam McKay:

   The Big Short you're talking about the advent of hip hop, child soldiers, the sex scandal in Catholic church and malfeasance in Wall Street - I'm pretty proud of that for Hollywood.

5. Adam Schiff:

   What bothered them was that we were exposing their malfeasance.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malfeasance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malfeasance
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfeasance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malfeasance
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=malfeasance