Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The doing of wrong; behavior the opposite of what is right; blameworthy action in general.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable Violation of standards of behavior.
- n. countable An instance of doing wrong.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Evil or wicked behavior or action.
WordNet 3.0
- n. departure from what is ethically acceptable
- n. activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Etymologies
- wrong + doing (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And when wrongdoing is found, the NCAA has to implement some type of discipline.”
The Huffington Post: Jon Kerr: 3 Step Plan to Clean Up Agent Problem
“The lack of any acknowledgement of wrongdoing is disturbing and worth talking about.”
“When the Spirit comes upon the photocopied backside, he recognizes it immediately and, convinced Sand Saref is involved in wrongdoing, gets all conflicted and stuff.”
“When any wrongdoing is actually shown get back to us.”
“Anyone who refuses to admit any wrongdoing is being willfully, smugly ignorant.”
Think Progress » Santa Clarita Councilman Tells Anti-Immigrant Protesters: ‘I’m A Proud Racist’
“The commissions could call officers back to class if any serious wrongdoing is uncovered.”
“The videos being circulated on the web are so visually confusing that the evidence of wrongdoing is inconclusive.”
The Huffington Post: Jeanine Molloff: In the City of Dred Scott--The Cops War on Videos of Cops
“They come only because more and more and more wrongdoing is unearthed.”
“For those that think this is an allegation that Obama was involved in wrongdoing, it is just a story reporting facts which are readily available that people may be interested in.”
“The open letter ends with the Canadian Council of Refugees affirming its support for Iraq war resisters, “these are individuals who deserve our admiration for following their consciences and refusing to participate in wrongdoing, at significant cost to themselves.””
The Fight for Iraq War Resisters to Remain in Canada is a Two-Front War : Law is Cool
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wrongdoing’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
philosophy, Socratic, dialogue, philosopher, Athenian, philosophical, politic, Greek, method, death, ancient, believe and 243 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
almighty, altar, anoint, apostle, archangel, Balaam, baptism, advent, ark, baptist, baptize, begotten and 341 more...
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