wrongdoing

«wrongdoing» in Mova's school dictionary: Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (wrongdoing — usually uncountable; a wrongdoing)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and formal reports: «The company denied any wrongdoing.» In stories, a character may confess to wrongdoing. Phrases: deny any wrongdoing, accused of wrongdoing, admit wrongdoing.

examples

• The players denied any wrongdoing. tree →
• He was cleared of wrongdoing after the inquiry. tree →
• The thief finally admitted his wrongdoing. tree →
• Cheating in a test is a wrongdoing. tree →
• She reported the wrongdoing to the head teacher. tree →
• A wrongdoer is someone who does wrong. tree →

note

Formal word; in everyday talk say «doing something wrong» or «bad behaviour». A wrongdoer is a person who does wrong.

In the corpora

• "Irregularities" in official reports means fraud (cheating people out of money) or other wrongdoing.
• Loyalty means standing by your friends, family and groups, but loyalty to wrongdoing is not a virtue.
• Whistle-blowing means telling someone in charge about wrongdoing in a group you belong to.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wrongdoing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.