9 July 2019
malfeasance
[ mal-fee-zuh ns ]
noun Law.
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust).Compare misfeasance(def 2), nonfeasance.
ORIGIN OF MALFEASANCE
1690–1700;
earlier malefeasance. See male-, feasance
RELATED FORMS
mal·fea·sant, adjective, noun
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR MALFEASANCE
The commission has accused Yingluck of malfeasance in a rice-subsidy program aimed at improving the incomes of Thai rice farmers.
THAILAND: INTO THE VOID|LENNOX SAMUELS|MARCH 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The prime minister must appear before the anti-corruption commission on February 27 to answer the malfeasance charges.
CAN THAILAND’S PRIME MINISTER CLING TO POWER?|LENNOX SAMUELS|FEBRUARY 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allegations of malfeasance against Raheen continue to surface.
AFGHANISTAN’S MILLION DOLLAR MINISTER|RON MOREAU, SAMI YOUSAFZAI|SEPTEMBER 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Arguably that question points to a much larger problem than Stapel’s malfeasance.
HOW SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, AND THE REST OF US, GOT SEDUCED BY A GOOD STORY|MEGAN MCARDLE|APRIL 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Today’s quote
If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one’s mind is so manipulated and controlled by the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters.
– Steven Biko
On this day
9 July 1941 – British military cryptologists break the Enigma code which the German Army was using for encrypting messages used for directing ground to air operations. However, a group of Polish cryptologists claim to have assisted in the cracking of Enigma and have been campaigning for recognition of their part in the break-through.
9 July 1946 – birth of Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott, Scottish-born Australian rock musician. Most famous as the lead-singer of legendary hard rock band, AC/DC. Scott died on 19 February 1980, after choking on his own vomit following a heavy drinking session.
9 July 1982 – In the early hours of the morning, 30 year old Irishman, Michael Fagan breaks into Buckhingham Palace and makes his way to Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom. Reports at the time, claimed that he spent 10 minutes in there talking with the Queen before being arrested, however, Fagan later claimed that the Queen immediately fled the bedroom and summoned security. The incident was the biggest royal security breach of the 20th century.
9 July 2004 – A US Senate Intelligence Committee finds that the CIA misrepresented the threat posed by Iraq, which was used by President George W. Bush in order to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion by the ‘Coalition of the Willing’.