EGAVE

bad actor

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
  2. noun A person with malicious intent.
  3. noun An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  4. noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad,‎ actor.

Similar words

habitual offender certain person bad apple bad egg nonce bad lot do-badder bad boy habitual badman

Word family

bad actors

Save “bad actor” to learn later