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1. Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
    
2. Activity that transgresses moral or civil law
   "he denied any misconduct";
   - wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, actus reus

1. Behave badly
   - misbehave, misdemean
    
2. Manage badly or incompetently
   "The funds were misconducted";
   - mismanage, mishandle

Derived forms: misconducted, misconducting, misconducts

Type of: act, activity, care, deal, direction, handle, manage, management, move

Antonym: behave

Encyclopedia: Misconduct