verb
- present participle of misconduct; behaving badly or improperly, especially in a professional context
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher was accused of misconducting herself during the school meeting.
- He was fired for misconducting his duties as a supervisor.
- The lawyer was sanctioned for misconducting the case.
- She denied misconducting herself in any way during the investigation.
- The committee found evidence of the official misconducting public business.
- The doctor was charged with misconducting his medical practice.