maladminister

verb

Definition of maladministernext
as in to misconduct
to manage badly because the organization maladministered the relief effort, thousands of refugees went hungry needlessly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladminister
  1. damage
  2. abuse
  3. violate
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  • Other establishments were not damaged but remain inaccessible due to the devastation.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • About 12,000 structures have been damaged of destroyed.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of damage
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  • Saturday afternoon, officers responded to a call reporting a coyote pup being abused in the 10800 block of South Sacramento Avenue by three males, Chicago police said, Officers discovered a dead pup on private property and the coyote was removed..
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Star Tribune reports that the mother of two met a group of 15-year-old hockey players from Colorado in a hotel hot tub and later abused two of them in their room.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of abuse
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  • The lawsuit alleges the defendants’ service violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and constitutes wire fraud, access device fraud, common law trespass, and tortious interference.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The growing Twitter alternative has also quadrupled its moderation team to take action against accounts that violate its rules.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of violate
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maladjusted

maladminister

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