Definition of "misbehave" []

• To behave badly. (verb-intransitive)
• To behave (oneself) in an inappropriate way: The children misbehaved themselves at dinner. (verb-transitive)

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• "The Carnival tradition of wearing masks, role reversal, anonymity, and general license to misbehave is still common throughout the Catholic world."
• ""If you widen the terms of reference to say conflict diamonds include all governments who misbehave, that is a different process," said Izhakoff."
• "Not even Torquemada would have entertained some of the tortures that they want visited on offending players and other fans who "misbehave"."