misbehavior

misbehavior
Ill conduct; improper or unlawful behavior. Such as to support contempt conviction is conduct inappropriate to particular role of actor, be he judge, juror, party, witness, counsel or spectator. U. S. v. Seale, C.A.I1L, 461 F.2d 345, 366

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  • Misbehavior — Mis be*hav ior, n. Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misbehavior — index bad repute, culpability, delinquency (misconduct), disregard (omission), fault (responsibility) …   Law dictionary

  • misbehavior — (n.) also misbehaviour, late 15c., from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + BEHAVIOR (Cf. behavior) …   Etymology dictionary

  • misbehavior — (Amer.) n. poor conduct, bad behavior, misconduct (also misbehaviour) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • misbehavior — [n] naughty act, conduct acting up*, fault, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business*, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression,… …   New thesaurus

  • misbehavior — mis|be|hav|ior [ ,mısbı heıvjər ] noun singular or uncount bad behavior or behavior that offends other people: misbehavior of: The article blames pop culture for the misbehavior of children …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • misbehavior — noun Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected. The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom …   Wiktionary

  • misbehavior — /mis bi hayv yeuhr/, n. improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior. Also, esp. Brit., misbehaviour. [1480 90; MIS 1 + BEHAVIOR] * * * …   Universalium

  • misbehavior — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misconduct, mischief, disobedience, badness, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. transgression, misconduct, fault; see mischief 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. acting out, naughtiness, transgression …   English dictionary for students

  • misbehavior — n. Misconduct, miscarriage, ill conduct, ill behavior …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • misbehavior — n misconduct, badness, naughtiness, misdemeanor, delinquency; disorderly conduct, bad manners, indiscipline, disobedience, insubordination; disorder, disorderliness, Inf. goings on; roughhouse, horseplay, mayhem, rowdyism, rowdiness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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