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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
misconduct
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
allegations of corruption/fraud/misconduct etc
▪ Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
gross negligence/misconduct etc
▪ soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights
▪ The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gross
▪ We usually treat physical violence towards others as gross misconduct and this could result in summary dismissal.
▪ In any case of gross misconduct no notice or pay would be due.
▪ An employer need not give any notice if the employee's conduct constitutes gross misconduct justifying instant dismissal.
▪ He was suspended from duty and then, in November, found guilty of gross misconduct.
▪ The employers learned of the letters and summarily dismissed the employees for gross misconduct.
▪ He was dismissed for gross misconduct, which seems to have centred on drug taking and homosexual activities.
▪ There was a contractual term dealing with summary dismissal for gross misconduct.
▪ Mrs Jonker, of Southport, said Miss Owen had been sacked for gross misconduct after written and verbal warnings.
guilty
▪ He was suspended from duty and then, in November, found guilty of gross misconduct.
▪ He denied he had ever been guilty of professional misconduct, and he was just about to be disbarred in New York.
▪ Unfortunately, as history has shown, some of the companies are guilty of misconduct in the pursuit of such profit.
professional
▪ Serious or persistent breach of the standards could amount to professional misconduct.
▪ He denied he had ever been guilty of professional misconduct, and he was just about to be disbarred in New York.
▪ The council alleged serious professional misconduct after Mr Cole failed to give a patient a signed statement or prescription.
▪ In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again.
serious
▪ The council alleged serious professional misconduct after Mr Cole failed to give a patient a signed statement or prescription.
▪ Proceedings under the Children Act 1989 are civil but may involve allegations of very serious misconduct.
▪ Expulsion from Congress is reserved for the most serious misconduct and is considered unlikely in this case.
▪ That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct.
▪ In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At present, therapists cannot be found guilty of professional misconduct.
▪ She faces eight charges of misconduct and abuse of power.
▪ The commission decided there was no evidence of misconduct.
▪ The police officer found guilty of being drunk on duty was dismissed for gross misconduct.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Billy Bremner During his first ten seasons as a professional, Bremner lost almost half a season through misconduct.
▪ He was dismissed for gross misconduct, which seems to have centred on drug taking and homosexual activities.
▪ In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again.
▪ Purinton picked up a 10-minute misconduct penalty.
▪ Serious or persistent breach of the standards could amount to professional misconduct.
▪ She never spoke of his unfaithfulness, never blamed him for his misconduct.
▪ That mentality makes for a great soldier, but it opens the door for a lot of misconduct.&.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misconduct

Misconduct \Mis*con"duct\, n.

  1. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
    --Addison.

  2. Unlawful or unethical conduct by a person holding a public office or having a position of responsibility in the administration of justice; malfeasance; as, discussing the case out of court during a trial is misconduct by a juror; especially, misuse of office by an elected or appointed government official, also called misconduct in office.

    Syn: Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.

Misconduct

Misconduct \Mis`con*duct"\, v. t. To conduct amiss; to mismanage.
--Johnson.

To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.

Misconduct

Misconduct \Mis`con*duct"\, v. i. To behave amiss.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
misconduct

1710, "bad management, neglect;" see mis- (1) + conduct (n.). Meaning "wrong conduct" is attested from 1729.

Wiktionary
misconduct

Etymology 1 n. Bad behavior. Etymology 2

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To mismanage. 2 # (context reflexive English) To misbehave. 3 (context intransitive rare English) To act improperly.

WordNet
misconduct
  1. n. bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

  2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" [syn: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, actus reus]

  3. v. behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn: misbehave, misdemean] [ant: behave]

  4. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged" [syn: mismanage, mishandle]

Wikipedia
Misconduct (film)

Misconduct is an 2016 American drama thriller film directed by Shintaro Shimosawa at his directorial debut and written by Simon Boyes and Adam Mason. The film stars Josh Duhamel, Alice Eve, Malin Åkerman, Byung-hun Lee, Julia Stiles, Glen Powell, with Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 5, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere.

Misconduct

In law, misconduct is wrongful, improper, or unlawful conduct motivated by premeditated or intentional purpose or by obstinate indifference to the consequences of one's acts.

Two categories of misconduct are sexual misconduct and official misconduct. In connection with school discipline, "misconduct" is generally understood to be student behavior that is unacceptable to school officials but does not violate criminal statutes, including absenteeism, tardiness, bullying, and inappropriate language. (Special Education Dictionary, 2003, LRP Publications) Misconduct in the workplace generally falls under two categories. Minor misconduct is seen as unacceptable but is not a criminal offense (e.g. being late, faking qualifications). Gross misconduct can lead to dismissal (e.g. stealing or sexual harassment).

  • "Misconduct" includes something seen as unacceptable as well as criminal offenses e.g. deceptive manipulation.
  • "Gross misconduct" can lead to immediate dismissal because it is serious enough and possibly criminal, e.g. stealing or sexual harassment.

Misconduct refers to an action, rather than neglecting to take action, or inaction which could be referred to as poor performance.

Usage examples of "misconduct".

On the other hand, the allies, in consequence of their miscarriage, were reduced to the necessity of acting upon the defensive, and encountering a great number of difficulties and inconveniences during great part of the campaign, until the misconduct of the enemy turned the scale in their favour.

They were deaf to disaffection, blind to the alternative ideas it gave rise to, blandly impervious to challenge, unconcerned by the dismay at their misconduct and the rising wrath at their misgovernment, fixed in refusal to change, almost stupidly stubborn in maintaining a corrupt existing system.

Joel was banking on being guilty by reason of insanity or having his statements suppressed because of police and prosecutorial misconduct.

Their marriage settlement included a reversionary clause whereby the Hall and the Estate, for which he had had to pay one hundred thousand pounds to Maud, would revert to her in the event of his death without heirs or of misconduct on his part leading to a divorce case.

Some of the members loudly complained of partiality to foreign generals, and particularly reflected upon the insolence of count Solmes, and his misconduct at Steenkirk.

There is an exaggeration in your sorrow These liars in surplice, in black cassock, or in purple Time, the irresistible healer Trust not in kings Violent passion had changed to mere friendship Weeping just as if princes had not got to die like anybody else Went so far as to shed tears, his most difficult feat of all What they need is abstinence, prohibitions, thwartings When women rule their reign is always stormy and troublous When one has seen him, everything is excusable When one has been pretty, one imagines that one is still so Wife: property or of furniture, useful to his house Wish you had the generosity to show, now and again, less wit Women who misconduct themselves are pitiless and severe Won for himself a great name and great wealth by words Would you like to be a cardinal?

From these sensible resolutions, the reader may conceive some idea of the misconduct that attends the management of the poor in England, as well as of the grievous burdens entailed upon the people by the present laws which constitute this branch of the legislature.

Republicans of the past and of the future, to throw stones at good citizens in order to conceal the misconduct of the old Bonapartist Administration which still is charged with the care of our armies.

Studio heads were trying to erase any signs of homosexual misconduct, while comic star Mabel Normand was hunting for love letters she had written to Taylor.

Later in his life Woodrow Hammond would become an aquaintance of Richard Nixon who became the only Prime Minister of California to ever be expelled from office for misconduct by Imperial order.

An awful lot of makebelieve went on about that sort of thing involving a lifelong slur with the usual splash page of gutterpress about the same old matrimonial tangle alleging misconduct with professional golfer or the newest stage favourite instead of being honest and aboveboard about the whole business.

If he has misconducted himself, the unhappy fellow, there have been many excuses for it!

Belle in her bloomers misconducting herself, and her fancyman feeling for her tickles and Norman W.

It will be obvious that under Utopian conditions it is the State that will suffer injury by a wife's misconduct, and that a husband who condones anything of the sort will participate in her offence.

Our downright repentance of misconduct toward a woman binds us at least to the tolerant recognition of what poor scraps of consolement she may have picked up between then and now--when we can stretch fist in flame to defy it on the oath of her being a woman of honour.