Synonyms of the word

tort

• adj. Tart, sharp.
• n. An injury or wrong.
• n. (law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in…
• n. (law, only in the plural torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.
• adj. (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
• n. (slang) A tortoise.

misconduct

• n. behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.
• v. (transitive) To mismanage.
• v. (reflexive) To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.

wrongdoing

• n. (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
• n. (countable) An instance of doing wrong.