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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malfeasance \Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance fr malfaisant
injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing p. pr
of faire to do See {Malice}, {Feasible}, and cf
{Maleficence}.] (Law)
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do evil
conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also {malefeasance}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
malfeasance
n : a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do improper
professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral
malpractices" [syn: {malpractice}]
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