Misconduct

5 definitions found

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

  Misconduct \Mis`con*duct"\, v. t.
     To conduct amiss; to mismanage. --Johnson.
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     {To misconduct one's self}, to behave improperly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misconduct \Mis`con*duct"\, v. i.
     To behave amiss.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misconduct \Mis*con"duct\, n.
     1. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. --Addison.
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     2. Unlawful or unethical conduct by a person holding a public
        office or having a position of responsibility in the
        administration of justice; malfeasance; as, discussing the
        case out of court during a trial is misconduct by a juror;
        especially, misuse of office by an elected or appointed
        government official, also called {misconduct in office}.
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     Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed;
          delinquency; offense.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misconduct
       n 1: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on
            another's behalf
       2: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied
          any wrongdoing" [syn: {wrongdoing}, {wrongful conduct}, {actus
          reus}]
       v 1: behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn: {misbehave},
             {misdemean}] [ant: {behave}]
       2: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
          [syn: {mismanage}, {mishandle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "misconduct":
     abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, badness, be negligent,
     befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, crime,
     criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement,
     defalcation, defilement, desecration, discourtesy, disorder,
     disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness,
     diversion, do amiss, embezzlement, evil courses, evildoing,
     feloniousness, fouling, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism,
     horseplay, impolicy, impropriety, inexpedience, inexpediency,
     lawbreaking, maladminister, maladministration, malfeasance,
     malpractice, malversation, misadminister, misadministration,
     misapplication, misapply, misappropriation, misbehavior, miscall,
     miscite, miscount, misdeal, misdemeanor, misdirect, misdirection,
     misdoing, misemploy, misemployment, misfeasance, misfield,
     misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide, mishandle,
     mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, misplay, misprint,
     misprision, misprision of treason, misquote, misread, misreport,
     misrule, misspell, misusage, misuse, naughtiness, neglect,
     negligence, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, omission,
     peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship,
     positive misprision, profanation, prostitution, roughhouse,
     rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, thou scarlet sin, vandalism,
     venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong conduct,
     wrongdoing