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| mis·fea·sance [ miss fz'nss ] |
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illegally performing something legal: in law, the abuse of lawful authority in order to achieve a desired result.
See also malfeasance (sense 1) nonfeasance
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| [Early 17th century. < Anglo-Norman mesfaisance< mesfaire "do ill" < mes- "wrongly" + faire "to do" < Latin facere] |
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