misfeasance
noun
mis·fea·sance
mis-ˈfē-zᵊn(t)s 
: trespass
specifically
: the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner
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Last August, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for a meticulous reexamination of the oldest missing-teens case in America following a Rolling Stone investigation detailing decades of police incompetence and misfeasance.
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Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2024
The news comes after family and friends of Weiser and Bickwit called for the creation of a multiagency task force following decades of police incompetence, misfeasance, and neglect.
—Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
The committee is made up of five lawmakers who can look into complaints of misconduct, including malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of office, incompetency and workplace conduct by state officers and employees.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
The House General Investigating Committee is made up of five lawmakers who can look into complaints of misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of office, incompetency and workplace conduct.
—Aria Jones, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2023
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Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2024
The news comes after family and friends of Weiser and Bickwit called for the creation of a multiagency task force following decades of police incompetence, misfeasance, and neglect.
—Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
The committee is made up of five lawmakers who can look into complaints of misconduct, including malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of office, incompetency and workplace conduct by state officers and employees.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
The House General Investigating Committee is made up of five lawmakers who can look into complaints of misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of office, incompetency and workplace conduct.
—Aria Jones, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2023
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“Misfeasance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfeasance. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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misfeasance
noun
mis·fea·sance
mis-ˈfēz-ᵊns
: the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner
specifically
: the performance of an official duty in an improper or unlawful manner or with an improper or corrupt motive compare malfeasance, nonfeasance
Etymology
Anglo-French misfesance, from Middle French mesfaire to do wrong, from mes- wrongly + faire to make, do, from Latin facere
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