misconducted
- past participle of misconduct.
- past tense form of misconduct.
Example Sentences
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The British force remained in Cabool two years, where officers and men alike misconducted themselves, as soldiers always do in a conquered country.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 by Chambers, William
He had also misconducted himself in a dispute with the Lord Chancellor respecting injunctions; moreover, he had insulted the king when called before him in the case of commendams.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
He now said he thought Mrs. Burroughs had misconducted herself, and he could not order her husband to take her home again.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
I asked him what would happen if this nominated General misconducted himself in any way, or proved unsuitable, or lost his reason.
From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider
The apparent insinuation that he had misconducted himself while on his parole of good behaviour, was one of the things he could least endure.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.
