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brutalisation, brutalization
the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
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encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation
entry to another's property without right or permission
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civil wrong, tort
(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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malversation
misconduct in public office
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misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
improper or wicked or immoral behavior
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dereliction
willful negligence
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malfeasance
wrongful conduct by a public official
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misfeasance
doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
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malpractice
a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct
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malpractice
professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
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perversion
the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
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injury
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
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injury
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
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iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness
an unjust act
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infliction
an act causing pain or damage
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evildoing, transgression
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
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dishonesty, knavery
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
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falsification, misrepresentation
a willful perversion of facts
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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
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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
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infringement, violation
an act that disregards an agreement or a right
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inroad
an encroachment or intrusion
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alienation of affection
a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
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invasion of privacy
the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern
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trespass
a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
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delinquency, juvenile delinquency
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
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devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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ruffianism
violent lawless behavior
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familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty
an act of undue intimacy
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abnormality, irregularity
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
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impropriety, indecency
an indecent or improper act
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indiscretion, peccadillo
a petty misdeed
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infantilism
infantile behavior in mature persons
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nonfeasance
a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
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damage, legal injury, wrong
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
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abomination
an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence
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evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness
morally objectionable behavior
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villainy
a criminal or vicious act
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depravity, turpitude
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
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vice
a specific form of evildoing
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betrayal, perfidy, treachery, treason
an act of deliberate betrayal
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charlatanism, quackery
the dishonesty of a charlatan
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trick
an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
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falsehood, falsification
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
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distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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equivocation, tergiversation
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
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fabrication, lying, prevarication
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
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deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation
the act of deceiving
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sin, sinning, trespass
an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
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terrorisation, terrorization
an act of terrorism
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crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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crime
an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
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inside job
some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim
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copyright infringement, infringement of copyright
a violation of the rights secured by a copyright
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foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport
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patent infringement
violation of the rights secured by a patent
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disservice, ill service, ill turn
an act intended to help that turns out badly
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spoil, spoilage, spoiling
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it