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It is usual when any member has misconducted himself, to appoint a small committee to visit the offender, to endeavour to convince him of his error and induce him to forsake it. 

From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances

"Nechutes has misconducted himself," she objected, "and I would not be left alone with him."

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

But I cannot face her and tell her that the man she is going to marry has misconducted himself.�

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

And if she were to leave it, why should she go with a woman that has misconducted herself?”

From The Claverings by Trollope, Anthony

If he has misconducted himself, the unhappy fellow, there have been many excuses for it!

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred