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US
/ˈɹɔŋduɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɹˈɒŋduːˌɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɒŋduːˌɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
activity that transgresses moral or civil law
he denied any wrongdoing - departure from what is ethically acceptable
How To Use wrongdoing In A Sentence
- All four men continue to deny any wrongdoing under the criminal and sporting proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
- There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of any of the British peer-to-peer lending platforms. Times, Sunday Times
- Yet we make no apology for fighting for our independence as fiercely as we fight in our journalism to expose wrongdoing and hold the powerful to account. Times, Sunday Times
- U.K. police arrested a female police officer on suspicion of corruption, as a multipronged probe into alleged wrongdoing tied to the News of the World tabloid continues to gather momentum. What's News—
- There is no suggestion that it benefited from the alleged scam or was involved in any wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times
- One can further continue the associations with the contrasts of righteousness and wrongdoing, life and death and the like.
- The funds did not admit or deny wrongdoing as part of the settlement. Times, Sunday Times
- He stressed he was not implying wrongdoing by anyone connected with the Minster.
- Despite revelations of wrongdoing in high places during recent years, Ireland remains a society obsessed with secrecy.
- It did not admit any wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times