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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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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Statistics showing that violent crime is trending down have done little to assuage that sentiment.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tren de Aragua is best known for petty crimes, such as retail theft, and for targeting other Venezuelan migrants.Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Then this summer, national media outlet Politico reported the House ethics committee began an inquiry into Spartz’s alleged mistreatment of her congressional staff and she was charged with a weapons violation after TSA staff found an unloaded gun in her carry-on, charges that were later dropped.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2024
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The opposition complained of at least 160 electoral violations in the lead up to the vote, with more reports of abuses on polling day.David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Is repatriation just another way to assuage white European guilt and the sins of colonialism?Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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As for Mickey this season, Humphrey added that this storyline serves as a reckoning with the sins of the past.Dana Feldman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Malefaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malefaction. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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