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"past misdeeds" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to actions that have already been done, for which there may be lingering effects. For example, "We must take responsibility for any past misdeeds and rectify them if possible."
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Past misdeeds that cause harm are never irrelevant.
Barclays has already cut its 2016 profit target as a result of fines for past misdeeds.
An investigation into past misdeeds had left its management under a cloud.
So does it now, repentant at last, promise to undo its past misdeeds?
Then, he added, there was the issue of immunity from past misdeeds.
Wall Street is awash in a "troubling lack of contrition" for its past misdeeds.
Novels too are increasing looking to put a fresh spin on past misdeeds.
One goal of regulatory action is to provide deterrence by imposing costs for past misdeeds.
He said he is not concerned with Tyson's or Golota's past misdeeds.
Beloved (1998), an adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, featured Oprah Winfrey as a former slave haunted by her past misdeeds.
In letters to the defence minister in August the three services chiefs did not deny past misdeeds.
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