- misconduct in public office; corrupt administration
- misbehavior and particularly corruption in an office or trust
Example: It has already begun to appear that the sudden evasion of one of the officers of that Company is attributable rather to despair at his incapacity of correcting accounts, which he had kept without sufficient order or method, than to any malversation or dishonesty on his part. [Reference: The New York Times, Meum and Tuum, published: May 21, 1860]
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