The phrase "a pattern of wrongdoing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent or repeated behavior that is unethical or illegal.
Example: "The investigation revealed a pattern of wrongdoing within the organization that could not be ignored."
Alternatives: "a history of misconduct" or "a series of offenses".
Shocking revelations portray a pattern of wrongdoing.
But prosecutors planned to use the latest accusations during Mr. Jefferson's trial as evidence of a pattern of wrongdoing.
Legal experts said that to bring charges, prosecutors have to be able to show an intent to violate the law or a pattern of wrongdoing.
Committee members have said that they will focus on determining whether he testified truthfully in July when he said that there was no indication at the 2008 meeting of a pattern of wrongdoing at The News of the World, which was closed as a result of the scandal.
"I definitely see a pattern of wrongdoing, from ancient Rome to the present.
On June 4, 2008, prosecutor Sheila Tuma recommended 'enhanced disbarment' for Thompson, saying that Thompson demonstrated continued misconduct, a pattern of misconduct and persistently failed to admit any wrongdoing.
He went on to describe activities that he said fit a pattern of "pervasive wrongdoing" at the company, dating back to the 1980s.
The Sage of Omaha himself was summoned to Washington last month for questioning as a witness.The probes seem unlikely to find a general pattern of wrongdoing at Berkshire.
Her disclosures added a new dimension to what has been a broadening pattern of wrongdoing — moving from industrial-scale use of phone hacking to get information on public figures to payoffs and obstruction of justice — that has spread beyond the Murdoch-owned papers.
Hollinger has put the paper on the auction block, along with The Daily Telegraph of London, The Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers mostly in the Chicago suburbs, to recoup assets as it sues Lord Black, its former chief executive, and other officials for what it contends was financial wrongdoing and "a pattern of racketeering".
