deliberate malice
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What bothers me most is that it shows that she thinks our daughter is capable of such deliberate malice.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2019
Shaw said the defendants, who were relatives or friends of Evans, had posted the comments with "deliberate malice".
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
Further bolstering free speech, the Court upset an Alabama public official's $500,000 libel judgment against the New York Times, ruling that a public official cannot recover from his critics unless he proves deliberate malice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Enville’s selfishness was pure love of ease; there was no deliberate malice in it.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
As he repeatedly suspects conspiracy where none exists, so he repeatedly suspects deliberate malice where he should perceive stupidity.
From Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Carl Van Doren
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