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malfeasance

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malfeasance
[malfē′zəns]
Etymology: Fr, malfaire, to do evil
performance of an unlawful, wrongful act. Compare misfeasance, nonfeasance.

malfeasance (malfē´zns),
n an act that one should not do at all or the unjust performance of some act that one has no right to do.


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