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.”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
