'Malpractice' definitions:
Definition of 'malpractice'
(from WordNet)
noun
Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"
noun
A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"
Definition of 'Malpractice'
From: GCIDE
- Malpractice \Mal*prac"tice\, n. [Mal- + practice.] Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. [Written also malepractice.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'malpractice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- bad policy,
- befoulment,
- conversion,
- corrupt administration,
- crime,
- criminal tendency,
- criminality,
- criminosis,
- debasement,
- defalcation,
- defilement,
- desecration,
- diversion,
- embezzlement,
- evil courses,
- evildoing,
- feloniousness,
- fouling,
- impolicy,
- inexpedience,
- inexpediency,
- lawbreaking,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malversation,
- misadministration,
- misapplication,
- misappropriation,
- misconduct,
- misdemeanor,
- misdirection,
- misdoing,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- misgovernment,
- misguidance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- misprision,
- misprision of treason,
- misrule,
- misusage,
- misuse,
- neglect,
- negligence,
- nonfeasance,
- omission,
- peculation,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- positive misprision,
- profanation,
- prostitution,
- sin,
- thou scarlet sin,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- violation,
- wrong conduct,
- wrongdoing