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Six example sentences with malfeasance, each labelled with its topic.
The inquiry found no malfeasance by the grant officer, only a filing system that lost three applications each year.
Science
Records from the old port board describe malfeasance among the harbor inspectors, who waved through ships for private payments.
History
The museum audit turned up malfeasance in the acquisitions office, where a registrar approved invoices for deliveries that never arrived.
Art
The mayor resigned after auditors documented malfeasance in the roads office, where contracts went to a cousin's firm.
Politics
The statute defines malfeasance narrowly, so a clerk who merely loses files cannot be charged under it.
Law
Regulators found malfeasance at the pension office, where an official steered deposits to a bank that paid him fees.
Finance
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