act of misconduct
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactandmisconduct
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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misconduct
noun[U]
uk/ˌmɪsˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˌmɪsˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
unacceptable or bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority ...
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(Definition ofactandmisconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Somebody might take the view that there was anactofmisconduct; and he might not be right about that.
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It is something which is perhaps not quite a criminal act but is anactofmisconduct.
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For anactofmisconductto result in a referral to the list, it must have been an act that resulted in the person being removed from a care position.
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The pension, of course, ought to be renewable, and regularly renewed in appropriate cases, as, for example, in the case of a single foolishactofmisconduct.
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Is it so much worse to have been separated for seven years than to have committed oneactofmisconductupon which a divorce is obtainable?
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Lesser acts of misconduct would not result in provisional listing.
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Will he therefore say how many charges have been brought against auxiliaries who have been accused of acts of misconduct and ill discipline?
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However, they raise concerns about the grey area between clear-cut performance failures and acts of misconduct.
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It would also be open to the court to reduce compensation for trivial or isolated acts of misconduct.
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The question to which this amendment is directed, and no other question, is whether individuals on approved training schemes should lose their places by reason of single acts of misconduct.
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It is these less dangerous but still serious acts of misconduct which, in the last resort, should be capable of being dealt with as statutory offences.
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They said that a defendant should be able to give evidence of acts of misconduct on the part of the plaintiff other than those charged in the publication complained of.
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The school reserves the right to administer corporal punishment as a first line of punishment for acts of misconduct.
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