Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One guilty of misfeasance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is guilty of misfeasance.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Anglo-Norman mesfesor, from mesfere, to do wrong; see misfeasance.]

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Examples

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

  • If the Federal Reserve brazenly and knowingly ignored the law in acquiescence to a serial misfeasor, why should Americans trust it to have any role whatsoever in bank regulation and, especially not appropriate, a Consumer Financial Protection Agency housed under the Fed as envisioned by Senator Dodd's proposed legislation.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

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