bad actor
Example Sentences
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The Philippines “will only be a target if there’s a bad actor with bad intentions against the Philippines,” Gilberto Teodoro Jr., the country’s defense secretary, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
By this, I don’t mean to call Damon a bad actor.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Distributors are asked to provide the metadata for each individual song, which makes it possible for a bad actor to submit music using an existing artist's name, or one with a very similar spelling.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The data are largely public and often used by campaigns and researchers; a bad actor would have to take further steps to affect an election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He had looked strangely comical, like a bad actor auditioning for a solemn part in a play.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
