Synonyms for malfeasance
mælˈfi zənsmalfea·sance

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1. malfeasancenoun

   wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   wrongdoing, misconduct

Princeton's WordNet

1. malfeasancenoun

   wrongful conduct by a public official

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1. • Wrongdoing

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1. List of paraphrases for "malfeasance":

   embezzlement, misconduct, misappropriation, wrongdoing

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1. Trey Gowdy:

   While the emails have never been the focus of our investigation, it was necessary to obtain them, and this committee is the first and only one to do so, if anyone wonders why the investigation is not yet complete, the malfeasance and numerous problems identified in this report are Exhibit A, and prove the committee has faced serial delays from day one at the hands of public officials who sought to avoid transparency and accountability. Congressional Democrats spent most of the day on Wednesday playing down the State Department audit. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Secretary Clinton had acted in good conscience and that Secretary Clinton email practices were consistent with what past secretaries of state had done. The audit did not name any other secretaries who had done so. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, ranking Democrat on the House oversight committee, accused Republicans of attacking Secretary Clinton only because Secretary Clinton is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

2. Adam McKay:

   You're talking about the advent of hip hop, child soldiers, the sex scandal in Catholic church and malfeasance in Wall Street - I'm pretty proud of that for Hollywood.

3. Michael Madden:

   ( Kim) is not going to want these military commissars helping themselves to any of this assistance coming to the North, that was a problem during the sunshine period, a lot of misappropriation and malfeasance.

4. Adam McKay:

   The Big Short you're talking about the advent of hip hop, child soldiers, the sex scandal in Catholic church and malfeasance in Wall Street - I'm pretty proud of that for Hollywood.

5. Lanhee Chen:

   Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was going to speak Utah Sen. Mitt Romney mind without regard to party or politics, and this is very much in line with that, utah Sen. Mitt Romney has great concern about what Utah Sen. Mitt Romney sees as potential misuse or malfeasance in office.