The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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In October 2025, Seoul apologised for the first time for state-sanctioned malpractices, saying "unjust human rights violations" were committed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023
There was one rural hospital, the site of various malpractices.
From Salon ● May 3, 2022
“We found exactly the same malpractices in exactly the same districts in 2018 as we did the year before,” Klimek says.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018
"I cannot do as I please," said Italicus; "it is a public employment which I fill, because I cannot help it, and as a Christian I cannot employ malpractices against those used against me."
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
