malefic
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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
By the end, with Reinhold's malefic help, she and Franz will have become the secret agents of their own destruction.
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But theater lovers know them as showcases for definitive roles--the stunted man of thought, the malefic man of action--played by Ian McKellen, the prime Shakespearean actor of our time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Deep in the entrails of a Rumanian castle, a malefic beast has been stirring for a millennium.
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Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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