Associations to the word «Malpractice»

Wiktionary

MALPRACTICE, noun. The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
MALPRACTICE, noun. Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person

Dictionary definition

MALPRACTICE, noun. Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice".
MALPRACTICE, noun. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats