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    mal·prac·tice
    /ˌmalˈpraktəs/

    noun

    • 1. improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment, especially by a medical practitioner, lawyer, or public official: "victims of medical malpractice"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMALPRACTICE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    MALPRACTICE definition: 1. failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury or loss: 2…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › malpracticeMalpractice Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of MALPRACTICE is a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill or learning by one (such as a physician) rendering professional services which results in injury, loss, or damage.

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  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › malpracticeMALPRACTICE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Mistakes or negligent conduct by a professional person, especially a physician, that results in damage to others, such as misdiagnosis of a serious illness. Damaged parties often seek compensation by bringing malpractice suits against the offending physician or other professional.

  6. legaldictionary.net › malpracticeMalpractice - Definition, Examples, Cases - Legal Dictionary

    Feb 3, 2015 · Noun. Performance by a physician, attorney, or other professional that falls below the normal standard of care or service for a patient or client, especially when this failure causes injury or loss.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMALPRACTICE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    MALPRACTICE meaning: 1. failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury or loss: 2…. Learn more.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › malpracticeMalpractice - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Any professional who injures a client or patient through negligence risks being accused of malpractice, and possibly taken to court. The prefix mal means "bad," from the Latin word malus, or "evil." Practice comes from the Modern Latin practicare, "to practice." If a doctor practices medicine badly enough that it hurts someone, that's malpractice.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMALPRACTICE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you accuse someone of malpractice, you are accusing them of being careless or of breaking the law or the rules of their profession. There were only one or two serious allegations of malpractice. American English : malpractice / mælˈpræktɪs /