Malfeasance

malfeasance, malfesance, malfeazance, malfaisance, I. Jr. and engr. Wrong-doing; the doing of what one ought not to do. Slaleficia non debent remauere impnnita; et impnnitas continnnm affectum tribuit delinquenti, I. Crimes ought not to remain unpunished; and impunity gives a continual impulse to the criminal [to commit another crime]. Maleflcia propositis di»tinganntar: evil deeds are distinguished by their purposes.