English noun: wrongful conduct |
1. | wrongful conduct (act) activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
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| Samples | He denied any wrongdoing.
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| Synonyms | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | brutalisation, brutalization, champerty, civil wrong, criminal maintenance, dereliction, dishonesty, encroachment, evildoing, falsification, infliction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injury, injustice, intrusion, knavery, maintenance, malfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, misfeasance, misrepresentation, perversion, shabbiness, tort, transgression, trespass, unfairness, usurpation, violation, violation |
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