Sentence examples for malfeasance with from inspiring English sources

"My name is mentioned with malfeasance, with lying, with so many things.

Indeed, he reacted to the unrelenting stream of slander and congressional malfeasance with unflappable calm and an air of faintly amused detachment.

Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton," a tale of corporate malfeasance with a smart script, a few murders and George Clooney's charisma, may be the best recent example.

The string of corruption scandals rocking Dubai since April have led to a broad government campaign against corporate malfeasance, with more than a dozen executives detained in August and September.

You might think a person who equates corporate malfeasance with the greatest mass acts of mass murder in history would be a big supporter of the Occupy Wall Street protest.

They knew they would come up short but were intent on juxtaposing the image of millionaire bankers parrying suggestions of greed and malfeasance with Republican determination to at least slow a bill calling for tighter regulation.

Such "mass incidents," as the government calls them, have been steadily increasing in recent years, providing party leaders with worrisome proof that official malfeasance combined with a dysfunctional judiciary often has combustible results.

Mr. Barnes was referring to an earlier model of malfeasance -- with apologies to Tony Soprano, the mob's influence on government corruption is thought to have waned considerably -- and noted that today's scandals are driven largely by "pay to play" schemes, in which officials dangle lucrative contracts and other public work for bribes.

Stories of malfeasance, starting with Adam, Eve and the serpent, have always been far better, if more provisional, ways than spotlessness of soul to stir an audience to attention and meditation.

Appalled by stories he had heard about union intimidation on the West Coast, Kennedy undertook the chief counsel's job determined to root out union malfeasance and with little knowledge or understanding of or even concern over management misbehavior.

Clayton's bio also described his work on behalf of two separate firms, each described as "a large financial institution," to settle mortgage malfeasance cases with the federal government.