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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne