méfait

Definitions of méfait
  1. noun
    improper or wicked or immoral behavior
    synonyms: inconduite
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    diablerie, espièglerie
    reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
    inconvenance, indécence
    an act of undue intimacy
    anomalie, irrégularité
    behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
    impudeur, inconvenance, incorrection, indécence
    an indecent or improper act
    déviation
    deviate behavior
    vandalisme
    willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
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    crime, mauvaise conduite
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  2. noun
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
    synonyms: crime, mauvaise conduite
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    effraction, violation de propriété
    entry to another's property without right or permission
    préjudice
    (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
    inconduite
    improper or wicked or immoral behavior
    négligence, reniement
    willful negligence
    perversion
    the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
    blessure, préjudice
    an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
    injustice
    an unjust act
    transgression
    the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
    improbité, malhonnêteté
    lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
    contrefaçon, falsification, imitation, plagiat
    a willful perversion of facts
    violation de propriété
    a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
    diablerie, espièglerie
    reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
    inconvenance, indécence
    an act of undue intimacy
    anomalie, irrégularité
    behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
    impudeur, inconvenance, incorrection, indécence
    an indecent or improper act
    désastre, mal, méchanceté
    morally objectionable behavior
    décadence, dépravation, immoralité
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
    vice
    a specific form of evildoing
    trahison
    an act of deliberate betrayal
    combine, vilain tour
    an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
    alteration, déformation
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    invention, mensonge
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    tromperie
    the act of deceiving
    péché
    an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
    crime, criminalité, péché
    (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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    activité, occupation
    any specific behavior
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