malfeasance
noun[U]
lawspecializeduk/mælˈfiː.zəns/us/mælˈfiː.zəns/anexampleofdishonestandillegalbehaviour,especiallyby apersoninauthority:
(尤指掌权者的)违法乱纪行为,渎职Severalcasesofmalpracticeand malfeasance in thefinancialworldarecurrentlybeinginvestigated.金融界的几起渎职违规案件目前正在调查之中。
Dishonest
- artificiality
- bad faith
- be rotten to the coreidiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- dubiously
- false
- finagle
- jackleg
- knavery
- louche
- low-down
- mendacious
- sugar-coated
- under false pretencesphrase
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
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