malefaction

noun malefaction

• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
• violation — the act of violating.
• felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
• misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.