as in misconduct
improper or illegal behavior
a campaign to impeach the governor for malfeasance in office
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Recent Examples of malfeasance
California’s attorney general — a staunch Trump critic — stopped short of accusing the president of malfeasance.
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
If irrefutable evidence of Russian malfeasance is found, NATO will have moved another step closer to confronting its adversary.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Most notably in 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure of a single leader removable only for inefficiency, neglect or malfeasance is unconstitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
The first asserted that the bureau’s management structure, with no board and a single director who could be removed by a president only for inefficiency or malfeasance, was unconstitutional.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
If irrefutable evidence of Russian malfeasance is found, NATO will have moved another step closer to confronting its adversary.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Most notably in 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure of a single leader removable only for inefficiency, neglect or malfeasance is unconstitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
The first asserted that the bureau’s management structure, with no board and a single director who could be removed by a president only for inefficiency or malfeasance, was unconstitutional.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Malfeasance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malfeasance. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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