English → Latin
“misdeed” in Latin
maleficiumcrime, misdeed, offence, evil deed, wrong, mischief; injury, hurt; fraud, deceptionmalefaciōto do evil or harm; to injurenoxahurt, harm, injury; fault, offence, crimefacinusdeed, action, doing; adventure, venture, undertaking; crime, wickedness, evil deedscelusan evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; wickedness, villainy; criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rcommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
misdeed
maleficium (anything morally bad): malefactum (a bad deed): noxa (a trespass, minor offence): facinus (general term): scelus (a crime): to commit a misdeed, maleficium or noxam admittere, committere; facinus committere, in se suscipere: ☞ facinus patrare was obsolete.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for misdeed?
- The usual Latin words for “misdeed” are maleficium, malefaciō, noxa; also facinus, scelus, committō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.