misconduct - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Synonyms

• actus reus
• misconduct
• wrongdoing
• wrongful conduct

More generic

• activity

More specific

• brutalisation
• brutalization
• champerty
• civil wrong
• criminal maintenance
• dereliction
• dishonesty
• encroachment
• evildoing
• falsification
• infliction
• infringement
• iniquity
• injury
• injustice
• intrusion
• knavery
• maintenance
• malfeasance
• malpractice
• malversation
• misbehavior
• misbehaviour
• misdeed
• misfeasance
• misrepresentation
• perversion
• shabbiness
• tort
• transgression
• trespass
• unfairness
• usurpation
• violation

Noun

bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

Synonyms

• misconduct

More generic

• direction
• management

Verb

manage badly or incompetently

Synonyms

• misconduct
• mishandle
• mismanage

More generic

• care
• deal
• handle
• manage

Verb

behave badly

Synonyms

• misbehave
• misconduct
• misdemean

More generic

• act
• move

More specific

• act up
• carry on
• fall from grace

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