Misconduct (Noun)
Meaning 1
Activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Trespass
- Shabbiness
- Malfeasance
- Champerty
- Unfairness
- Malpractice
- Dereliction
- Violation
- Misfeasance
- Transgression
- Tort
- Injustice
- Encroachment
- Malversation
- Criminal Maintenance
- Brutalisation
- Falsification
- Brutalization
- Intrusion
- Misbehavior
- Knavery
- Injury
- Misbehaviour
- Perversion
- Infliction
- Evildoing
- Maintenance
- Dishonesty
- Civil Wrong
- Usurpation
- Misrepresentation
- Infringement
Related Words
Meaning 2
Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The company's auditor was fired for misconduct after it was discovered that he had been authorizing payments to fictitious vendors.
- The financial manager's misconduct led to the company's bankruptcy and the loss of many employees' jobs.
- Investors took the board of directors to court for misconduct over their handling of the merger.
- The misconduct of the CEO resulted in the Securities and Exchange Commission imposing strict penalties on the company.
- A review of the records revealed an alarming pattern of misconduct by the company's leadership that went back years.