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malicious

[ muh-lish-uhs ]

adjective

  1. full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful:

    malicious gossip.

  2. Law. vicious, wanton, or mischievous in motivation or purpose.


malicious

/ əˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. characterized by malice
  2. motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈdzܲԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··dzܲ· adverb
  • ··dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz···dzܲ adjective
  • non···dzܲ· adverb
  • ····dzܲ adjective
  • sem·i···dzܲ· adverb
  • ܲ···dzܲ adjective
  • un···dzܲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of malicious1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English malicius, from Old French, from Latin پōܲ; malice, -ous
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DragonForce, the cyber criminal gang we were told on Tuesday was likely to be behind the attack, allow other hackers to use their malicious software for attacks providing they get a cut.

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We often become frustrated or angry at work when we believe our colleague said something to be competitive or malicious.

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"I have had some success in an attack called cross site scripting, where you can essentially trick the chatbot into rendering a malicious payload that can cause all kinds of security implications."

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They might also have taken these offline to stop the hackers from spreading their malicious software into those previously unaffected areas.

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District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, accuses CBS of "unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive and substantial news distortion."

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