WRONGFUL CONDUCT
Dictionary entry overview: What does wrongful conduct mean?
• WRONGFUL CONDUCT (noun)
The noun WRONGFUL CONDUCT has 1 sense:
1. activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Familiarity information: WRONGFUL CONDUCT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WRONGFUL CONDUCT (noun)
Meaning:
Activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
actus reus; wrongful conduct; misconduct; wrongdoing
Context example:
he denied any wrongdoing
Hypernyms ("wrongful conduct" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrongful conduct"):
brutalisation; brutalization (the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously)
injury (an act that injures someone)
iniquity; injustice; shabbiness; unfairness (an unjust act)
infliction (an act causing pain or damage)
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
dishonesty; knavery (lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing)
falsification; misrepresentaation (a willful perversion of facts)
champerty (an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded)
criminal maintenance; maintenance (the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community)
damage; legal injury; wrong (any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right)
perversion (the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use))
malpractice (professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage)
encroachment; intrusion; trespass; usurpation; violation (entry to another's property without right or permission)
civil wrong; tort ((law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought)
malversation (misconduct in public office)
misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)
dereliction (willful negligence)
malfeasance (wrongful conduct by a public official)
misfeasance (doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner)
malpractice (a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct)
infringement; violation (an act that disregards an agreement or a right)
