1. past tense and past participle of misconduct; behaved badly or improperly
Usage: formal

Examples

• The officer was disciplined after he misconducted himself during the investigation.
• She misconducted the meeting by allowing personal attacks.
• The teacher reported that several students had misconducted themselves during the field trip.
• He was fired because he had misconducted his duties as a supervisor.
• The committee found that the researcher had misconducted the experiment.
• The lawyer was sanctioned for having misconducted the case.