Synonyms for wrongdoing
ˈrɔŋˌdu ɪŋ, -ˈdu-, ˈrɒŋ-wrong·do·ing

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1. error, wrongdoingnoun

   departure from what is ethically acceptable

   Synonyms:
   wrongful conduct, mistake, erroneous belief, fault, erroneousness, actus reus, misplay, computer error, misconduct, error

2. wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reusnoun

   activity that transgresses moral or civil law

   "he denied any wrongdoing"

   Synonyms:
   misconduct, actus reus, wrongful conduct, error

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1. • Activity
   • Evil

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1. List of paraphrases for "wrongdoing":

   misconduct, mischief, irregularity, evil-doing, malfeasance, misbehaviour

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1. Lesley Wexler:

   The more clarity the better, because it reaffirms her status, as opposed to these vague, ‘I’m sorry if anything I ever did wasn’t good, but I’m better now,’ he engaged in wrongdoing. If he wants to move on, in the sense of community forgiveness, victim forgiveness, then he needs to do that.

2. Amina White:

   It requires clinical intervention. It would be highly problematic to charge someone with criminal wrongdoing who is in fact seeking or in need of or already undergoing treatment for a substance use disorder, one would hope that the response to this very unfortunate case would be: What can we do to better support someone like her?

3. Dennis Farris:

   This is what he ran on and what people need to understand when he ran for district attorney, he ran on, ‘I am going to indict police officers for wrongdoing,’ and it's what he perceives as wrongdoing and you have to look at his background to realize what he perceives as wrongdoing. So in the last 14 months, he's been the D.A. If he does indict twenty-one Austin police officers, he will have indicted close to 30 police officers in 14 months.

4. Jerry Nadler:

   President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigatorscooperation that might have exposed the Presidents own wrongdoing. And it worked, flynn broke his deal, recanted his plea, received the backing of the Attorney General over the objections of career prosecutors, and now has secured a pardon from the President of the United States.

5. Pat Diaz:

   Since he lawyered up right away, I doubt they made any statements, so it's going to be hard-pressed to prove [wrongdoing] unless they get actual evidence on the parents, which I don't think they're going to have.