Usually means: Professional misconduct causing harm, negligence.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word malpractice:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. malpractice: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. malpractice: Merriam-Webster
  3. malpractice: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. malpractice: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. malpractice: Collins English Dictionary
  6. malpractice: Vocabulary.com
  7. Malpractice, malpractice: Wordnik
  8. malpractice: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. malpractice: Wiktionary
  10. malpractice: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. malpractice: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. malpractice: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. malpractice: Dictionary.com
  14. malpractice: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. malpractice: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Malpractice (Dr. Feelgood album), Malpractice (Redman album), Malpractice (disambiguation), Malpractice (film), Malpractice, The Malpractice (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Malpractice: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. malpractice: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. malpractice: Rhymezone
  20. malpractice: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. malpractice: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. malpractice: FreeDictionary.org
  23. malpractice: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. malpractice: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. malpractice: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. malpractice: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. malpractice: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. Malpractice (Legal): DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  10. malpractice: Legal dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. malpractice: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. malpractice: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Malpractice: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. malpractice: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Malpractice: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See malpractices as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.
noun:  Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.

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