English-French translations for misdeed

méfaitLes multinationales ne changeront leur attitude que si elles sont contraintes de payer lourdement leurs méfaits. Multinational firms will only change their behaviour when they are forced to pay heavily for their misdeeds. C'est une honte, dans la mesure où le rapport dresse une très longue liste de méfaits et de crimes commis par les deux camps. This is a great shame, because the Goldstone report provides a very extensive list of the misdeeds and crimes of both sides. Notre crainte est que, de la sorte, la Commission couvre les méfaits des États membres et, ce faisant, se place elle-même dans l'illégalité. Our fear is that, in this way, the Commission is covering up the misdeeds of the Member States and, in so doing, acting unlawfully itself.

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime

The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.

Dictionary