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MALFEASANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malfeasance mean?
• MALFEASANCE (noun)
The noun MALFEASANCE has 1 sense:
1. wrongful conduct by a public official
Familiarity information: MALFEASANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wrongful conduct by a public official
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("malfeasance" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
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