misconduct

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)Behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

   “The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.”

2. (uncountable, usually)A penalty or write-up for improper behavior.

   “There is definitely an indication of retaliation in this case. I have never received a misconduct for possessing or using drugs.”

   “After Jonathan Marchessault buried an empty-net goal with 90 seconds left in overtime, Hartman yelled from the bench and allegedly threw his stick in the officials’ direction. Hartman was assessed a misconduct for abusive language, according to the game sheet.”

verb

1. (transitive)To mismanage.
2. (reflexive)To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.

   “It had been pointed out […] that in the past enemy aliens misconducting themselves had been returned to the internment camp.”

3. (intransitive, rare)To act improperly.

   “The quartermasters have misconducted, and the government should bear the loss resulting from that misconduct.”

   “It seems no answer for the recipient to allege that he was incompetent and misconducted, but that the acts were committed outside the jurisdiction.”

   “Whether the jury misconducted in making the view of the premises, or whether the court erred in instructing them as to what effect they should give, in making up their verdict, to matters which came under their observation while making the view, does not appear from the record in this case.”