misconduct

7 definitions • 14 examples

unacceptable or bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority or responsibility:

professional misconduct The psychiatrist was found guilty of gross (= unacceptable) professional misconduct.

sexual misconduct The former priest denied allegations of sexual misconduct.

unacceptable or bad behaviour by a sports team or a player:

The Football Association has charged him with misconduct.

Any player given a misconduct warning will be removed from the game for five minutes.

a serious punishment for unacceptable or bad behaviour in a sports game, especially ice hockey that involves removing a player from the game:

game misconduct He scored five goals but was dismissed on a game misconduct.

the fact that the activities of an organization are badly managed:

financial misconduct

to manage the activities of an organization badly:

The aid programme was misconducted, resulting in large quantities of food failing to reach the famine victims.

wrong or immoral behavior of someone in a position of authority or responsibility:

criminal misconduct

official misconduct

unacceptable or illegal behaviour by a person or group in a position of authority:

Investigators did not find any evidence of serious misconduct.

financial/ethical/sexual misconduct There were complaints of sexual misconduct in the workplace.

employee/executive misconduct The committee investigates employee misconduct.

corporate/government/judicial misconduct a case of multibillion-dollar corporate misconduct

He is now facing charges of serious professional misconduct.