241 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ mˌalfˈiːzəns], [ mˌalfˈiːzəns], [ m_ˌa_l_f_ˈiː_z_ə_n_s]

Related words: corruption, tyranny, abuse of power, acts of wrongdoing

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Similar words for malfeasance:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• act (noun)
• badness (noun)
• corruption (noun)
• crime (noun)
• fault (noun)
• guilt (noun)
• injustice (noun)
• misconduct (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• unjustness (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "malfeasance" in context?

Paraphrases for malfeasance

Homophones for malfeasance

Hyponyms for malfeasance

Synonyms for Malfeasance:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • property.

• n.

  •
  • count,
  • misdeed,
  • law-breaking,
  • criminality,
  • illegality,
  • attempt,
  • case.
  • act (noun)
  • malfeasance.
  • badness (noun)
  • detriment,
  • badness,
  • baseness,
  • inadvisability,
  • disadvantage,
  • vice,
  • blackness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • wrongness,
  • bane,
  • turpitude.
  • corruption (noun)
  • de-moralizations,
  • breach trust,
  • de-moralization,
  • un-scrupulousness,
  • fraudulencies,
  • un-scrupulousnesses,
  • jobberies,
  • bribings,
  • shady deals,
  • un scrupulousnesses,
  • mis-representations,
  • de moralizations,
  • unscrupulousnesses,
  • fiddlings,
  • mis representation,
  • de moralization,
  • mis-representation,
  • profiteerings,
  • mis representations,
  • un scrupulousness,
  • on take.
  • crime (noun)
  • scandal,
  • fast one,
  • delictum,
  • delicts,
  • Delict,
  • Malefaction,
  • mortal sin,
  • Torts,
  • unlawful act,
  • antisocial behavior,
  • immorality,
  • tort,
  • lawlessness,
  • malefactions,
  • delinquency,
  • criminalities,
  • Peccancy,
  • evil behavior.
  • fault (noun)
  • in discretions,
  • over sight,
  • over-sight,
  • mis cues,
  • in accuracies,
  • over-sights,
  • in discretion,
  • in-accuracies,
  • mis-cues,
  • evil doings,
  • mis cue,
  • mis-cue,
  • answerabilities,
  • in accuracy,
  • in-discretion,
  • in-discretions,
  • slip ups,
  • loss innocence,
  • over sights,
  • in-accuracy.
  • guilt (noun)
  • self-condemnation,
  • Peccability,
  • self-reproach,
  • blameworthiness,
  • sinfulness.
  • injustice (noun)
  • in equality,
  • dis criminations,
  • crying shames,
  • mis-carriages,
  • in-equalities,
  • un lawfulness,
  • in-equality,
  • in-equity,
  • in-equities,
  • mis chief,
  • un-lawfulnesses,
  • mis chiefs,
  • dis-crimination,
  • in justices,
  • dirty deals,
  • in-justices,
  • in equalities,
  • mis-carriage,
  • dis-criminations,
  • un lawfulnesses,
  • in equities,
  • un-lawfulness,
  • mis carriages,
  • dis crimination,
  • in-justice,
  • mis carriage.
  • misconduct (noun)
  • malversation,
  • mismanagement.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • impropriety,
  • unjustness,
  • guilt,
  • crying shame,
  • crime,
  • onesidedness,
  • in equity,
  • exploitation,
  • jobbery,
  • actus reus,
  • transgression,
  • dirty deal,
  • slip-ups,
  • depravity,
  • in justice,
  • failings,
  • Skimmings,
  • evil doing,
  • answerability,
  • offense,
  • railroad,
  • favoritism,
  • on the take,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • nepotism,
  • profiteering,
  • wrongdoing,
  • slip up,
  • Briberies,
  • loss of innocence,
  • fault,
  • misconduct,
  • fraud,
  • wrongful conduct,
  • unfairness,
  • slip-up,
  • injustice,
  • villainousness,
  • evil,
  • bribery,
  • shady deal,
  • Fraudulency,
  • breach of trust.
  • unjustness (noun)
  • un justnesses,
  • un-justnesses,
  • un-justness,
  • un justness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • corruption.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • deadly sin,
  • lapse,
  • atrocity,
  • misapplication,
  • trespass,
  • sin of omission,
  • criminal offense,
  • misfeasance,
  • wrong,
  • malpractice,
  • bad policy,
  • embezzlement,
  • viciousness,
  • negligence,
  • peculation,
  • misappropriation,
  • minor wrong,
  • error,
  • desecration,
  • Misusage,
  • Maladministration,
  • offence,
  • Pilfering,
  • conversion,
  • misrule,
  • iniquity,
  • misuse,
  • inexpediency,
  • Misdoing,
  • lawbreaking,
  • Impolicy,
  • prostitution,
  • indiscretion,
  • misgovernment,
  • mishandling,
  • outrage,
  • slip,
  • abuse of office,
  • venial sin,
  • failure,
  • mischief,
  • profanation,
  • omission,
  • criminal offence,
  • malignancy,
  • inexpedience,
  • injury,
  • crime against humanity,
  • misdemeanor,
  • debasement,
  • Misguidance,
  • neglect,
  • nonfeasance,
  • trip,
  • befoulment,
  • Fouling,
  • diversion,
  • genocide,
  • enormity,
  • sin,
  • perversion,
  • misprision of treason,
  • abuse,
  • unutterable sin,
  • peccadillo,
  • defilement,
  • dereliction,
  • evildoing,
  • misbehavior,
  • misdemeanour,
  • breach,
  • Misemployment,
  • pollution,
  • felony,
  • violation,
  • feloniousness,
  • Malum,
  • indictable offence,
  • defalcation,
  • Misprision,
  • misdirection.

How to use "Malfeasance" in context?

Paraphrases for Malfeasance:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    wrongdoing.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fraud, mismanagement, misuse, offence.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abuse, embezzlement, malpractice, misappropriation, misconduct, misdirection, negligence.

Homophones for Malfeasance:

• maleficence, Monilia Albicans.

Hyponym for Malfeasance:

• n.

  • act
    wrongdoing, actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct.