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What is the verb for misconduct?

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misconduct
  1. (transitive) To mismanage. [from 18th c.]
  2. (reflexive) To behave inappropriately, to misbehave. [from 19th c.]
  3. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. mismanage, misgovern, mishandle, bungle, maladminister, misrule, err, misdirect, make a mess of, botch up, botch, muff, fluff, fumble, spoil, ruin, mar, wreck, mess up, foul up, screw up, muck up, make a hash of, balls up, make a Horlicks of, make a muck of, bodge, flub, mangle, blunder, blow, bobble, confound, overlook, goof up, make a nonsense of, manage badly, fail, misuse, butcher, foozle, do something badly, make a dog's dinner of, muddle, confuse, jumble, mix up, stuff up, louse up, goof … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “His brother Adriaen had so managed to misconduct the business of the mill that he and the sister Lysbeth were also on the verge of ruin.”
misconducts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconduct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mismanages, misgoverns, mishandles, bungles, maladministers, misrules, errs, misdirects, makes a mess of, botches up, botches, muffs, fluffs, fumbles, spoils, ruins, wrecks, messes up, fouls up, screws up, mucks up, makes a hash of, balls up, makes a Horlicks of, makes a muck of, ballses up, bodges, flubs, mangles, blows, blunders, bobbles, overlooks, confounds, goofs up, makes a nonsense of, manages badly, fails, misuses, butchers, foozles, makes a dog's dinner of, does something badly, muddles, confuses, jumbles, stuffs up, mixes up, louses up, goofs … more
misconducted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of misconduct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mismanaged, misgoverned, mishandled, bungled, maladministered, misruled, erred, misdirected, made a mess of, botched up, botched, muffed, fluffed, fumbled, spoilt, spoiled, ruined, marred, wrecked, messed up, fouled up, screwed up, mucked up, made a hash of, made a muck of, ballsed up, made a Horlicks of, bodged, flubbed, mangled, blundered, bobbled, overlooked, confounded, goofed up, made a nonsense of, managed badly, blew, blown, butchered, foozled, failed, goofed, misust, misused, perverted, prostituted, misemployed, muddled, confused … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He seems to have established a firm exploitation of monasteries and he misconducted himself with nuns.”
      “He said fans should behave well as Zambia risked FIFA sanctions if they misconducted themselves.”
      “A worker may be so experienced and have so misconducted himself or herself that a finding of contributory negligence is warranted.”
misconducting
  1. present participle of misconduct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mismanaging, misgoverning, mishandling, bungling, maladministering, misruling, erring, misdirecting, making a mess of, botching up, botching, muffing, fluffing, fumbling, spoiling, ruining, marring, wrecking, messing up, fouling up, screwing up, mucking up, making a hash of, making a Horlicks of, making a muck of, ballsing up, bodging, flubbing, mangling, blowing, blundering, bobbling, confounding, overlooking, goofing up, managing badly, making a nonsense of, failing, misusing, butchering, foozling, making a dog's dinner of, doing something badly, muddling, confusing, jumbling, mixing up, stuffing up, lousing up, goofing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A small thing at hand is greater than a great thing remote, and Lilia, misconducting herself upon a mountain in Central Italy, was immediately hidden.”
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