malfeasance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wrongful conduct by a public official

WordNet

Mal*fea"sance noun
Etymology
F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.
Definitions
  1. (Law) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. Written also malefeasance.

Webster 1913