Malefeasance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malefeasance \Male*fea"sance\, n.
     See {Malfeasance}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Malfeasance \Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant
     injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr.
     of faire to do. See {Malice}, {Feasible}, and cf.
     {Maleficence}.] (Law)
     The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil
     conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also {malefeasance}.]
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