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misfeasance

mis·fea·sance [ miss fz'nss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
illegally performing something legal: in law, the abuse of lawful authority in order to achieve a desired result.
See also  malfeasance (sense 1) nonfeasance


[Early 17th century. < Anglo-Norman mesfaisance< mesfaire "do ill" < mes- "wrongly" + faire "to do" < Latin facere]
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