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

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

Their father has accepted from a malignant spirit the gift of wealth, but each time that the gift is bestowed some great affliction follows.

From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith

Revenge, too, how dost thou, malignant spirit, fall into the trap thou hast thyself laid, as will be soon seen!

From The Seven Champions of Christendom by Kingston, William Henry Giles

However bad, however depraved the human mind, it still leans to mercy: the power to dispose of another man’s life is generally sufficient for the most malignant spirit in its thirst for vengeance.

From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Lever, Charles James