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.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
