malignant spirit

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Alongside his wife, Lorraine, he works as a paranormal investigator, and this is hardly his first tête-à-tête with a malignant spirit.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021

The author tells him that he seems rather to be a malignant spirit, and presses for some further information.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

Nothing was said about the malignant spirit beyond the fact that it was someone "haunting" Henry Halifax.

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine

But, after all, it was only a dream; the whispering of a malignant spirit in your ear.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

If Dick had deliberately planned to tempt him, he had chosen the time well; and if he had not done it deliberately, there must have been a malignant spirit abroad that day.

From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.