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malefic

[muh-lef-ik] / məˈlɛf ɪk /








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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

In The Wild Bunch he played a punk gunslinger and in Three Amigos! the malefic El Guapo, who spits out the immortal line "A plethora of pinatas!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Deep in the entrails of a Rumanian castle, a malefic beast has been stirring for a millennium.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the end, with Reinhold's malefic help, she and Franz will have become the secret agents of their own destruction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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