bad actor
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
- noun A person with malicious intent.
- noun An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- 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
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