misconduct
noun
• unacceptable or improper behaviour, especially by an employee or professional person.
• "she was found guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary tribunal and dismissed"
Similar:
wrongdoing,
delinquency,
unlawfulness,
lawlessness,
crime,
felony,
criminality,
sin,
sinfulness,
evil,
evil-doing,
unprofessional behaviour,
unprofessionalism,
unethical behaviour,
malpractice,
maladministration,
dereliction of duty,
negligence,
breach of ethics,
impropriety,
immorality,
abuse,
malversation,
misbehaviour,
bad behaviour,
misdeeds,
misdemeanours,
disorderly conduct,
badness,
mischief,
naughtiness,
rudeness,
• mismanagement, especially culpable neglect of duties.
• "the general was pardoned for misconduct of the war"
misconduct
verb
• behave in an improper manner.
• "the committee reprimanded two members who were found to have misconducted themselves"
• mismanage (an activity).
• "there is no evidence that the premises were being misconducted"
