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Noun
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Dellinger sued, arguing that 1978 federal law creating his position states he can only be removed from his job because of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025 -
The most recent examples of possible utility malfeasance were January’s Eaton fire, which decimated much of Altadena in eastern Los Angeles County, and the less damaging Hurst fire near the Sylmar district of Los Angeles.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No cause of death has been confirmed, but the NYPD says no criminality is suspected.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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Police also told the site that Trachtenberg died of natural causes and that criminality was not suspected in her death.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Pressuring or coercing someone into ending their life would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.—
Alistair Smout,
USA TODAY,
29 Nov. 2024
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That same sentence will remain for anyone found guilty of tricking, pressuring or coercing someone into making the choice if the bill is ultimately passed.—
David Hodari,
NBC News,
29 Nov. 2024
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The main purpose was to allow prospective employers — other federal agencies or local police — to check their backgrounds for misconduct.—
Martin Kaste,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Between fiscal years 2015 to 2019, agency inspectors general substantiated only 100 allegations of employee time and attendance misconduct or fraud out of a federal workforce of around 2.1 million employees (the GAO report did not include postal workers).—
Laura Doan,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An officer with the UK’s Metropolitan police force has been sacked for football hooliganism and given a three-year ban from matches.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Americans Still In Russian Custody Joseph Tater Joseph Tater was arrested in August 2024 and sentenced to 15 days in prison for petty hooliganism.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Shih said a search of one suspect’s home yielded evidence related to the crimes, as well as a loaded handgun with an extended magazine.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The adoption of exacting PE strategies by public market investors can be immensely powerful.—
Alexander Savin,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Made to the same exacting standards as its French sibling, there are now over 100 wineries - and to house discerning Milanese - an increasing number of hotels.—
Sarah Turner,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Racketeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeering. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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