improprieties
Breaches of decorum
Improprieties are acts that violate standards of proper conduct or propriety—breaches of etiquette, ethics, or professional norms.
The word often appears in formal contexts: financial improprieties, allegations of improprieties.
An impropriety can range from a social misstep to serious misconduct, though the plural usually suggests a pattern of questionable behavior rather than isolated incidents.
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- extortionObtaining through threats
nepotism · collusion · malfeasance · mismanagement · kickbacks · money laundering · forgery · conflict of interest
Vulgar or obscene speech
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- unmentionablesClothing considered improper to discuss
indiscretion · scandal · disgrace · shame · dishonor
Offensive coarseness in manner
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- crudenessLack of sophistication
tastelessness · inappropriateness · unseemliness · gaucherie · immodesty · indelicacy · boorishness · uncouthness
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
extortion · nepotism · collusion · malfeasance · mismanagement · kickbacks · money laundering · forgery · conflict of interest · exploitation
profanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- transgressionViolation of law or code
unmentionables · indiscretion · scandal · disgrace · shame · dishonor
vulgarity
Offensive coarseness in manner
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
crudeness · tastelessness · inappropriateness · unseemliness · gaucherie · immodesty · indelicacy · boorishness · uncouthness · indiscretion
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Accepted standards of behavior
decencies · formalities · decorums · decorum · propriety
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Positive moral traits
moral conduct · uprightness · righteousness · probity · integrity
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