bad actor
Example Sentences
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Let’s assume, for the sake of this column, that your friend’s sister is indeed a bad actor.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
No one is a bad actor here—these are great athletes wanting to compete, and coaches are rewarded to win.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
If a bad actor -- or even an electromagnetic storm -- disrupted enough satellites, GPS-based navigation would fail.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
“We must root out every bad actor from a Probation Department long plagued by a culture of corruption.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
He had looked strangely comical, like a bad actor auditioning for a solemn part in a play.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
