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Malintent

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malicenounIntention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
misintentionnounA wrong intention.
designnounA plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
malice prepensenounMalice aforethought.
malice in factnoun(law) Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm.
malicious mischiefnoun(law) The willful, wanton, or reckless destruction of the personal property of another occasioned by actual ill will or resentment toward the owner or possessor of such property.
malenginenoun(archaic) Evil intent, bad intention; fraud, deceit.
malo animonoun(law) Ill intent.
maltalentnoun(obsolete) Ill will; malice, malevolence.
bad mindnoun(Caribbean, Jamaica) malicious intent; animosity
malevolencynounMalevolence, malice.
malice in lawnoun(law) The state of having done something illegal without an intention of breaking the law.
malicious prosecutionnoun(law) The wrongful initiation or continuation of criminal or civil proceedings against an individual without reasonable grounds and with improper motives.
malignancynounA malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
bad faithnoun(law) An intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).
maleficencenounharmfulness or mischief.
malignmentnounThe act of maligning something.
male engyne
spitenounIll will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
devilmentnoun(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.

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