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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x1)
- He was cleared of wrongdoing after the inquiry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x2)
- The thief finally admitted his wrongdoing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x3)
- Cheating in a test is a wrongdoing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x4)
- She reported the wrongdoing to the head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x5)
- A wrongdoer is someone who does wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/6/)
- [Loyalty means standing by your friends, family and groups, but loyalty to wrongdoing is not a virtue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/7/)
- [Whistle-blowing means telling someone in charge about wrongdoing in a group you belong to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wrongdoing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.