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Definition of Misconduct
1. Noun. Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.
2. Verb. Behave badly. "The children misbehaved all morning"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Fall From Grace, Act Up, Carry On
Antonyms: Behave
Derivative terms: Misbehavior
3. Noun. Activity that transgresses moral or civil law. "He denied any wrongdoing"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Brutalisation, Brutalization, Encroachment, Intrusion, Trespass, Usurpation, Violation, Civil Wrong, Tort, Malversation, Misbehavior, Misbehaviour, Misdeed, Dereliction, Malfeasance, Misfeasance, Malpractice, Malpractice, Perversion, Injury, Injury, Iniquity, Injustice, Shabbiness, Unfairness, Infliction, Evildoing, Transgression, Dishonesty, Knavery, Falsification, Misrepresentation, Champerty, Criminal Maintenance, Maintenance, Infringement, Violation
4. Verb. Manage badly or incompetently. "The funds were mismanaged"
Generic synonyms: Care, Deal, Handle, Manage
Derivative terms: Mismanagement
Definition of Misconduct
1. n. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
2. v. t. To conduct amiss; to mismanage.
3. v. i. To behave amiss.
Definition of Misconduct
1. Noun. Bad behavior. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To act improperly. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To mismanage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misconduct
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misconduct
Literary usage of Misconduct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"Intoxication or other misconduct of railroad or steamboat employees.— 1. ...
misconduct of officials or employees on elevated railroads. ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"C. EXTRA MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE misconduct PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN
ME Kenworthy, MD, School of Social Work, New York It is my purpose to ..."
3. Life Insurance: A Textbook by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"Agent's Liability to His Principal for Injury Occasioned by misconduct. ...
Any misconduct of the agent makes him personally liable to his principal for the ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Contributory negligence is not a defense to an action for reckless or willful
misconduct. [Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Negligence, Cent. Dig. g 85; Dec. ..."
5. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons, John Melville Gould (1904)
"HOW THE PRINCIPAL IS AFFECTED BY THE misconduct OF HIS AGENT. A principal is
liable for the fraud or misconduct of his agent, so far, that, on the one hand, ..."
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