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malice

[mal-is] / ˈmæl ɪs /


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Jurors decided that Grossman acted with malice and oppression and Erickson acted with malice, oppression, or fraud, kicking off the punitive phase of the trial.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Jurors decided that Grossman also acted with malice and oppression and Erickson acted with malice, oppression, or fraud.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The city, they concluded, had misjudged the situation but had not pursued Gamble from a place of malice.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

A group so small, in fact, that its members can be manipulated by the subtly deployed malice of just one man.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

There was something diabolical about the mahout, and every time I looked up I found him grinning at me in an attitude of cheerful malice.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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