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as in crimes
a breaking of a moral or legal code
a local newspaper exposed the contractor's elaborate attempts to cover up his wrongdoings
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as in misconducts
improper or illegal behavior
the police officer was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing
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Recent Examples of wrongdoings
The group denies all wrongdoings.
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Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
The 10-episode limited series centers on Detective Lois Tryon (Nash) who tries to decipher who's behind a series of crimes and torments her with their wrongdoings.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
The 10-episode limited series centers on Detective Lois Tryon (Nash) who tries to decipher who's behind a series of crimes and torments her with their wrongdoings.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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But the knock has long been that the technology is overly complicated and offers nothing that the modern financial system can’t already do—that crypto is a technological solution in search of a problem (at least for people who don’t want to use it to commit crimes).Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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By requiring tougher punishment for some theft and drug crimes, it’s expected to increase spending on jails and prisons.Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Biden administration has launched an investigation into alleged labor and human rights violations in Nicaragua, marking a significant development in the already tense relations between the two nations.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The strategy, released in 2016, is part of the country’s aims to liberalize its image amid human rights violations, build its economy in non-oil sectors, and boost tourism.Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Congressional Republicans previously pointed to that document's allegations of bribery as evidence of misdeeds and fought with the FBI to publicly release the document, which investigators now say contained fake allegations.Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Downey plays Jacob McNeal, a prize-winning novelist grappling with his own mortality and the looming death of his career, a consequence of various misdeeds, personal and professional, not least of which is leaning on AI to write his latest novel.Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Wrongdoings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoings. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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