misconduct

1. (transitive) To mismanage.transitive

2. (reflexive) To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.Examples: "It had been pointed out […] that in the past enemy aliens misconducting themselves had been returned to the internment camp."reflexive

3. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.Examples: "The quartermasters have misconducted, and the government should bear the loss resulting from that misconduct."; "It seems no answer for the recipient to allege that he was incompetent and misconducted, but that the acts were committed outside the jurisdiction."; "Whether the jury misconducted in making the view of the premises, or whether the court erred in instructing them as to what effect they should give, in making up their verdict, to matters which came under their observation while making the view, does not appear from the record in this case."intransitiverare