English-Thai Dictionary
malfeasance
N การ ทุจริต (เช่น การเมือง หรือ ฝ่าย พลเรือน การกระทำ ผิด หรือ การ ประพฤติผิด กฎหมาย malpractice misprision misfeasance kan-tud-ja-rid
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MALFEASANCE
n.Evil doing; wrong; illegal deed.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MALFEASANCE
Mal *fea "sance, n. Etym: [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence. ] (Law )
Defn: The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
malfeasance
mal fea sance |malˈfēzəns mælˈfizns | ▶noun Law wrongdoing, esp. by a public official. DERIVATIVES mal fea sant |-ˈfēzənt |noun & adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- ‘evil ’ + Old French faisance ‘activity. ’ Compare with misfeasance .
Oxford Dictionary
malfeasance
malfeasance |malˈfiːz (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law wrongdoing, especially (US ) by a public official. DERIVATIVES malfeasant noun & adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French malfaisance, from mal- ‘evil ’ + Old French faisance ‘activity ’. Compare with misfeasance .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
malfeasance
mal fea sance /mælfíːz (ə )ns /名詞 〘法 〙U 悪事 (!特に公務員による悪事 ) ; C (特に公務員の )不正行為 .
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