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Misdeed   /mˈɪsdˈid/   Listen
Misdeed

noun
1.
Improper or wicked or immoral behavior.  Synonyms: misbehavior, misbehaviour.





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"Misdeed" Quotes from Famous Books



... A misdeed, an error, a wrongful act on your part may set busy tongues wagging today and you may suffer from calumny and criticism. Of course your errors will be magnified and your wrongs enlarged beyond the truth; ...
— Evening Round Up - More Good Stuff Like Pep • William Crosbie Hunter
... nest. Whoever harms one is certain to bring misfortune upon himself and possibly his companions. A prudent traveler would be careful not to offend this or any other nautical superstition. In case of subsequent danger the sailors might remember his misdeed and leave him ...
— Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar - Life • Thomas Wallace Knox
... a slice of bacon when Perrault's back was turned, he duplicated the performance the following day, getting away with the whole chunk. A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck's misdeed. ...
— The Call of the Wild • Jack London


Words linked to "Misdeed" :   devilry, abnormality, juvenile delinquency, irregularity, rascality, liberty, roguery, ruffianism, infantilism, indecency, wrongdoing, mischief, peccadillo, misbehavior, devilment, familiarity, misbehaviour, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, misconduct, actus reus, mischievousness, roguishness, wrongful conduct, shenanigan, mischief-making, deviltry, delinquency


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