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Etymology

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From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (to do evil), from Latin malefaciō (I do evil), from male (evilly) + faciō (do, make).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmælˈfiːzəns/
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  • Hyphenation: mal‧fea‧sance

Noun

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malfeasance (countable and uncountable, plural malfeasances)

  1. Wrongdoing.
  2. (law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
    Coordinate terms: misfeasance, nonfeasance
    • 2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.

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