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nefarious

[ni-fair-ee-uhs] / nɪˈfɛər i əs /


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He’s accusing them of betraying the U.S. at the behest of nefarious interests he didn’t identify, no doubt because they don’t exist.

From The Wall Street Journal

But agents have to be given powerful permissions to do their jobs, and we are already seeing this being exploited in potentially nefarious ways in what are called prompt injection attacks.

From Barron's

A nefarious hacker could have easily installed a virus on to my machine without me having to do anything.

From BBC

That specifically relates to Rob, who is keeping a lot of secrets that may or may not be nefarious.

From Los Angeles Times

Siegal told the Journal that she was unaware of Epstein’s nefarious behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal