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malicious

[muh-lish-uhs] / məˈlɪʃ əs /


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Rosenior said they had been "dealt with" and that they had "not come from any place of malicious intent towards me or the team".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic on Monday, claiming the magazine’s recent exposé on his time as agency director was a malicious “hit piece.”

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

SEOUL—The largest cryptocurrency heist this year didn’t begin with malicious code, but with handshakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Meyers saw embedding a tiny AI model directly into malicious code infecting networks as a natural tactic to be explored by hackers.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Nothing malicious or mocking lay beneath his words.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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