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wrong·do·er

(rông′do͞o′ər, rŏng′-)

One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.

wrong′do′ing n.

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wrongdoing

(ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ)

(Law) the act or an instance of doing something immoral or illegal

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wrong•do•ing

(ˈrɔŋˌdu ɪŋ, -ˈdu-, ˈrɒŋ-)

n.

1. wrong, evil, or blameworthy behavior.

2. a misdeed; sin.

[1470–80]

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Noun	1.	wrongdoing - departure from what is ethically acceptable error evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
	2.	wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" brutalisation, brutalization - the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously usurpation, encroachment, trespass, violation, intrusion - entry to another's property without right or permission civil wrong, tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought malversation - misconduct in public office misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior dereliction - willful negligence malfeasance - wrongful conduct by a public official misfeasance - doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner malpractice - a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices" malpractice - professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice" perversion - the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice" injury - wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted injury - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage injustice, shabbiness, unfairness, iniquity - an unjust act infliction - an act causing pain or damage evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" knavery, dishonesty - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts champerty - an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" criminal maintenance, maintenance - the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" infringement, violation - an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

wrongdoing

noun crime, vice, corruption, guilt, misconduct, delinquency, wickedness, iniquity, illegality, villainy, lawbreaking, malefaction The authorities haven't found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

wrongdoing

noun

1. A wicked act or wicked behavior:

crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrong.

2. Improper, often rude behavior:

horseplay, misbehavior, misconduct, misdoing, naughtiness.

Translations

إساءَه، ظُلْم، إعْتِداء، مُخالَفَه

forseelse

Missetat

méfait

törvénysértés

misgerî

trasgressione

páchanie zla

yasa dışı hareket

不道德行为坏事

wrongdoing

[ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ] N → maldad f (Rel) → pecado m
he will be punished for his wrongdoings → se le castigará por su maldad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wrongdoing

[ˈrɒŋduːɪŋ] n → actes mpl répréhensibles criminal wrongdoingwrong-foot [ˌrɒŋˈfʊt] vt → prendre à contre-pied

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wrongdoing

n → Missetaten pl; (single act) → Missetat f, → Übeltat f; financial wrongdoing → finanzielle Manipulationen pl → or Unregelmäßigkeiten pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wrongdoing

[ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ] n → malefatta, misfatto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wrong

(roŋ) adjective

1. having an error or mistake(s); incorrect. The child gave the wrong answer; We went in the wrong direction.

2. incorrect in one's answer(s), opinion(s) etc; mistaken. I thought Singapore was south of the Equator, but I was quite wrong.

3. not good, not morally correct etc. It is wrong to steal.

4. not suitable. He's the wrong man for the job.

5. not right; not normal. There's something wrong with this engine; What's wrong with that child – why is she crying?

adverb

incorrectly. I think I may have spelt her name wrong.

noun

that which is not morally correct. He does not know right from wrong.

verb

to insult or hurt unjustly. You wrong me by suggesting that I'm lying.

ˈwrongful adjective

not lawful or fair. wrongful dismissal from a job.

ˈwrongfully adverb

ˈwrongfulness noun

ˈwrongly adverb

1. incorrectly. The letter was wrongly addressed.

2. unjustly. I have been wrongly treated.

ˈwrongdoer noun

a person who does wrong or illegal things. The wrongdoers must be punished.

ˈwrongdoing noun

do (someone) wrong

to insult (someone), treat (someone) unfairly etc.

do wrong

to act incorrectly or unjustly. You did wrong to punish him.

go wrong

1. to go astray, badly, away from the intended plan etc. Everything has gone wrong for her in the past few years.

2. to stop functioning properly. The machine has gone wrong – I can't get it to stop!

3. to make a mistake. Where did I go wrong in that sum?

in the wrong

guilty of an error or injustice. She is completely blameless. You're the one who's in the wrong!

References in classic literature ?

Minnie's face was not pleasant to see, for a coward detected at the moment of wrongdoing is not an object of delight.

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When similar doubts had assailed him before, they had been the result of his own wrongdoing, and at the bottom of his heart he had felt that relief from his despair and from those doubts was to be found within himself.

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how shall I tell you?--A theory of a sort, the same one by which I for instance consider that a single misdeed is permissible if the principal aim is right, a solitary wrongdoing and hundreds of good deeds!

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He stood like an immovable obstacle against which no pressure could avail; an embodiment of what Arthur most shrank from believing in--the irrevocableness of his own wrongdoing. The words of scorn, the refusal to shake hands, the mastery asserted over him in their last conversation in the Hermitage--above all, the sense of having been knocked down, to which a man does not very well reconcile himself, even under the most heroic circumstances--pressed on him with a galling pain which was stronger than compunction.

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Wrongdoing always brings its own punishment, and when Jo most needed hers, she got it.

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By day and night the smoke rose in clouds from all the beaches of all the islands of Oolong as we paid the penalty of our wrongdoing. For in those days of death it was burned clearly on all our brains that it was very wrong to harm a white man.

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Perhaps there are peasants who remove their neighbor's landmark without much scruple; or they may cut a few osiers that belong to some one else, if they happen to want some; but these are mere peccadilloes compared with the wrongdoing that goes on among a town population.

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("Works and Days", 182 ff.) with its catalogue of wrongdoings and violence ever increasing until Aidos and Nemesis are forced to leave mankind who thenceforward shall have `no remedy against evil'.

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The head of crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan admitted Thursday he received more pay than he was entitled to but denied wrongdoing, as the firm's former chief faces financial misconduct charges.

Nissan CEO Saikawa admits receiving excess pay

National Health Regulatory Authority chief executive Dr Mariam Al Jalahma said medics could be given alternative punishments should they be found guilty of wrongdoing, errors or negligence.

Major changes to health rules on the horizon

This is the third time that ministers or state officials have alleged criminal wrongdoing in respect of southeast Pissouri.

Victims of Pissouri Landslide were 'shocked into silence' at House committee meeting

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