malicious
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From 15 June the tactic will be deemed a "malicious practice", meaning sites which continue to adopt it may be down-ranked or even removed from Google Search results.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Cooke, who at the time was the chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation, re-posted the article and commented that "many officers lives are also totally destroyed by false and malicious allegations and delays".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Malicious prosecution cases are similarly hard to bring because they require proof that a prosecutor had malicious intentions, not just a bad case.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Studying the data, engineers from the company realized that some of the malicious traffic was coming from an employee’s home address.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
He wanted to rise—a malicious, ironic voice insisted that he rise—and, at once, to leave this temple and go out into the world.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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