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• brutalization, brutalisation go
  the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
  
• intrusion, usurpation, encroachment, trespass, violation go
  entry to another's property without right or permission
  
• tort, civil wrong go
  (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  
• malversation go
  misconduct in public office
  
• misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed go
  improper or wicked or immoral behavior
  
• dereliction go
  willful negligence
  
• malfeasance go
  wrongful conduct by a public official
  
• misfeasance go
  doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
  
• malpractice go
  a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
  
• malpractice go
  professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
  
• perversion go
  the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
  
• injury go
  wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
  
• injury go
  an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
  
• injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness go
  an unjust act
  
• infliction go
  an act causing pain or damage
  
• transgression, evildoing go
  the act of transgressing
  
• dishonesty, knavery go
  lack of honesty
  
• falsification, misrepresentation go
  a willful perversion of facts
  
• champerty go
  an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded
  
• maintenance, criminal maintenance go
  the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
  
• violation, infringement go
  an act that disregards an agreement or a right