Definition of "malfeasance"

malfeasance

/ˌmælˈfiːzəns/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural malfeasances
1. Wrongdoing.
2. (law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
  Quotations
  By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.
  2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times‎