Meaning of MISCONDUCT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]mis'kândukt, [v]`miskun'dukt, mis'kândukt
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- [n] activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"
- [n] bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
- [v] manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
- [v] behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning"
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| | Synonyms: | | actus reus, misbehave, misdemean, mishandle, mismanage, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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| | Antonyms: | | behave, comport | | |
| | See Also: | | act, act up, activity, brutalisation, brutalization, care, carry on, civil wrong, damage, deal, dereliction, direction, dishonesty, encroachment, evildoing, falsification, handle, infliction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injustice, intrusion, knavery, legal injury, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, manage, management, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, misfeasance, misrepresentaation, move, perversion, tort, transgression, trespass, unfairness, usurpation, violation, wrong | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mis*con"duct\, n.
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. --Addison.
Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed;
delinquency; offense.
\Mis`con*duct"\, v. t.
To conduct amiss; to mismanage. --Johnson.
{To misconduct one's self}, to behave improperly.
\Mis`con*duct"\, v. i.
To behave amiss.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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