wrongdoing
wrongdoing
Definition
wrong·doing (-do̵̅o̅′iŋ)
noun
any act or behavior that is wrong; the doing of wrong; transgression
wrong′·do′er noun
wrongdoing
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- deny: The firm denied any wrongdoing, attributing the practice to the actions of a single rogue partner.
- punish: But the purpose of the law of contract is not to punish wrongdoing but to satisfy the expectations of the party entitled to performance.
- expose: Even in the heart of the Secret State, conscientious employees must be able to expose wrongdoing.
- disclose: In addition, SOX requires employees and professional advisors to disclose potential wrongdoing or breaches of fiduciary duty to a corporation's senior management.
- admit: Under the terms of the settlement, the University of Pennsylvania team, lead by James Wilson, do not admit any wrongdoing.
- commit: It examines the position we find ourselves in with regard to the person who has committed the wrongdoing.
Adjective modifier
- intentional: To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing.
- alleged: The police have assumed the right to vet the entire business of government in an open-ended trawl for alleged wrongdoing.
- serious: Handling over 3,500 public concerns, the charity has helped people blow the whistle on hundreds of cases of serious wrongdoing.
- corporate: Years of age ninety percent of in states corporate wrongdoing has.
- criminal: I mean, there was no criminal wrongdoing in Whitewater.
- moral: Adultery however is not so much depicted as a moral wrongdoing but rather as a breach of propriety.
Modifies a noun
- folk: That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
Noun used with modifier
- police: The men say their claim is backed by evidence of police wrongdoing uncovered by the BBC.
- workplace: As this shows, the word is now used to describe the options available to an employe to raise concerns about workplace wrongdoing.
Possessives
- ned: I have no sympathy for his mom who complained when the Tesco security guard took some photos as evidence of the ned's wrongdoing.
- employer: He will succeed merely by showing that an employer's wrongdoing had materially increased the risk of the Claimant contracting the disease.
Preposition: in
- workplace: The charity Public Concern at Work provides free confidential advice to workers who have concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace.
- relation: Jones was found guilty only by association and always denied any wrongdoing in relation to current rules and testing procedures.
Preposition: by
- authority: Consumers should have access to information about wrongdoing by public authorities.
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