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September 23, 2019 Word of the Day

malice /ˈmæləs/ noun
malice
/ˈmæləs/
noun
The car thief is acting with malice.
The car thief is acting with malice.
Definition of MALICE

[noncount]

: a desire to cause harm to another person

  • an attack motivated by pure malice

  • She claimed that her criticisms were without malice.

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