misconduct

1. Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf (synset 101136651)
   is a type of: direction, management - the act of managing something
2. Activity that transgresses moral or civil law (synset 100734044)
   "he denied any wrongdoing"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • brutalisation, brutalization - the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
   • encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation - entry to another's property without right or permission
   • civil wrong, tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
   • malversation - misconduct in public office
   • misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior
   • dereliction - willful negligence
   • malfeasance - wrongful conduct by a public official
   • misfeasance - doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
   • malpractice - a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct
   • malpractice - professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
   • perversion - the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
   • injury - wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
   • injury - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
   • iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness - an unjust act
   • infliction - an act causing pain or damage
   • evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
   • dishonesty, knavery - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
   • falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
   • champerty - an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
   • criminal maintenance, maintenance - the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
   • infringement, violation - an act that disregards an agreement or a right
   same as: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

1. Behave badly (synset 202522868)
   "The children misbehaved all morning"
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   subtypes:

   • fall from grace - revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
   • act up, carry on - misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
   same as: misbehave, misdemean
2. Manage badly or incompetently (synset 202443726)
   "The funds were mismanaged"
   is a type of: care, deal, handle, manage - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
   same as: mishandle, mismanage

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