as in crime
a breaking of a moral or legal code
the town treasurer has been linked to the kickback scheme and other financial malefactions
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Recent Examples of malefaction
And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
A pitch-framing specialist with rare agility behind the plate, Wolters must coax pitchers through Coors Field and its occasional malefactions.
—Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
A pitch-framing specialist with rare agility behind the plate, Wolters must coax pitchers through Coors Field and its occasional malefactions.
—Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malefaction
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Vertical’s Jude Law 1970s crime thriller, The Order, is doing around $1M this weekend at 603 theaters with Briarcliff Entertainment’s Frank Grillo Werewolves seeing $1.2M at 1,351 sites.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
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The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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For years, Austin schools had struggled to clear thousands of overdue requests from families that students get evaluated for special education services, which is a law violation.Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024
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Four Marine League coaches decided to forfeit games rather than play Narbonne, alleging rule violations.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the biggest sin of them all, however, is just how absolutely dull and yawn-inducing Dune: Prophecy is.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The sins of the Franks and their rulers had made the land fertile for Wiggo and his friends.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Malefaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malefaction. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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