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
There was one rural hospital, the site of various malpractices.
From Salon ● May 3, 2022
An independent investigation later found that both sides had participated in electoral malpractices and said it was impossible to determine who had really won.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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
A spectator of his death declared that his Christian and truthful manner on the scaffold made all believe that he was not guilty of treason nor of malpractices.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
