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De - Pt| English Dictionary: maliciousness | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for maliciousness | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Malicious \Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. --Shak. 2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief. 3. (Law)With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. {Malicious abandonment}, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. --Burrill. {Malicious mischief} (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. --Wharton. {Malicious prosecution} [or] {arrest} (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. --Bouvier. Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- {Ma*li"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Ma*li"cious*ness}, n. | |
