She threatened to expose to the public the misdeeds he had committed.
punished for her misdeeds by the church elders
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Swat is coerced into taking on the role or finally getting legal comeuppances for all of his misdeeds and ends up taking on solving the mystery of a series of disappearances plaguing Echo city.—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 May 2025 His accomplishments on the field are undeniable, and barring him on character issues opens some hypocrisy about the misdeeds of current Hall of Famers.—Chris Branch, New York Times, 15 May 2025 The decision to drop the case against Boeing is another sign that the Trump administration could go easier on prosecution of corporate misdeeds than had been the case under the Biden administration.—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 16 May 2025 Lansdale is a mordantly funny chronicler of Lone Star misdeeds who knows how to keep a plot furiously turning.—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for misdeed
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of misdeed was
before the 12th century
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