Malfeasance (noun)
mal-fee-zuns
Wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.
Late 17th century: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- ‘evil’ + Old French faisance ‘activity’. Compare with misfeasance.
Example sentences
“Journalists are the last defence against wrongdoing and malfeasance.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
