wrongful conduct
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7.0
- noun
- Formal
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conducta indebida
- The company faced severe penalties for its wrongful conduct in handling customer data.
Examples
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On the other hand, it also appears to state that the resident must be reasonably aware that his or her guest might do something contrary to the lease or law, or does nothing to stop a guest from wrongful conduct.
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Identified possible wrongful conduct with sufficient precision to facilitate prompt enforcement actions against those who violated the law.
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According to the Court, plausibility "simply calls for enough fact to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence" of the wrongful conduct alleged.
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The defendant has a full and fair opportunity to rebut assertions that it engaged in other forms of wrongful conduct.
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The reports by the bankruptcy examiner note that the attorneys and law firms deny knowledge of wrongful conduct by the company's officers.
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As the ABA Commentary to Rule 1.6 states, "The lawyer needs this information to represent the client effectively and, if necessary, to advise the client to refrain from wrongful conduct."
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For copyright infringement, moreover, statutory damages are designed to discourage wrongful conduct, in addition to providing restitution of profit and reparation for injury.
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Where plaintiffs allege only that the agency-approved rates that they paid were artificially high because of some wrongful conduct by the defendant, it makes sense to apply the filed rate doctrine.
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In that case, they could argue that Enron's wrongful conduct was greater than their wrongful conduct, and therefore claims by Enron should be barred or reduced under comparative fault rules.
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Appointed in May 2002 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York, Batson outlines possible causes of action against lawyers and law firms for legal malpractice and for aiding and abetting officers' wrongful conduct.
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Synonyms
351
3.3
An act that breaks a law or rule
131
4.6
Wrong behavior by someone in a trusted job
117
3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
103
2.3
An unfair act that harms or injures someone
46
3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
46
5.3
An illegal, violent, or dishonest action that suggests a crime
23
6.2
A wrong action that hurts someone or breaks a rule
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9.6
An illegal action by a public official in their job
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8.0
Behavior that is not socially acceptable
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3.6
Bad behavior that breaks rules or causes trouble
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9.9
Doing a legal duty badly or wrongly, often by a public official
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6.5
Not doing what you must by law or by what is right to keep others safe
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7.1
A bad action that breaks rules or harms other people
An illegal physical action someone does rather than their thoughts
Antonyms
How Wrongful
- Formal
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9.5
- US
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3.5
- Formal
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7.0
- Formal
131
4.6
15
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'wrongful conduct' is compositionally built from 'wrongful' (not authorized/illegal) + 'conduct' (behaviour), so its meaning 'behaviour that is illegal or unethical' is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a regular adjective+noun formation found across languages and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The phrase wrongful conduct comes from courts and everyday use where people put together wrongful, meaning 'wrong' or 'illegal', and conduct, meaning how someone behaves. Think of a judge or boss pointing to someone's actions and saying they are 'wrong'; that's why the phrase now means behaviour that breaks moral or civil rules.