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malicious
Legal Definition of malicious
Adjective
- Harbouring malice, ill will or enmity
- Spiteful
- Resulting from or prompted by malice
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Definition of malicious
Etymology
From Latin malitiosus, from malitia meaning "malice", from malus meaning "bad"
Adjective
malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)
- Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
- Deliberately harmful; spiteful
He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
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