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What (who) is malfeasance - definition
TYPES OF FAILURE TO DISCHARGE PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS UNDER LAW
Nonfeasance; Non-feasance; Malfeasance; Non feasance; Misfeasant
malfeasance
n. intentionally doing something either legally or morally wrong which one had no right to do. It always involves dishonesty, illegality or knowingly exceeding authority for improper reasons. Malfeasance is distinguished from "misfeasance," which is committing a wrong or error by mistake, negligence or inadvertence, but not by intentional wrongdoing. Example: a city manager putting his indigent cousin on the city payroll at a wage the manager knows is above that allowed and/or letting him file false time cards is malfeasance; putting his able cousin on the payroll which, unknown to him, is a violation of an anti-nepotism statute is misfeasance. This distinction can apply to corporate officers, public officials, trustees and others cloaked with responsibility.
See also: misfeasance
Malfeasance
·noun The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.
malfeasance
[mal'fi:z(?)ns]
¦ noun Law wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.
Derivatives
malfeasant noun & adjective
Origin
C17: from Anglo-Norman Fr. malfaisance, from mal- 'evil' + OFr. faisance 'activity'.
Wikipedia
Misfeasance
Misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance are types of failure to discharge public obligations existing by common law, custom, or statute.
The Carta de Logu caused Eleanor of Arborea to be remembered as one of the first lawmakers to set up the crime of misfeasance.
Examples of use of malfeasance
1. We do have our share of police malfunctions and malfeasance.
2. Rautio cleared the department head of any suspicions of malfeasance.
3. Currently, Estonia‘s Security Police are suspecting him of malfeasance.
4. The bill also would try to protect workers from corporate malfeasance detected in recent accounting scandals.
5. Vacuums in the political process create opportunity for malfeasance and harm," George Bush said.