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bad actor

noun

Definitions

  1. An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by…

    An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.

    • More needs to be done to combat financial crime, a senior lawyer at HSBC has said as he called for global collaboration over the rules imposed on banks to keep “bad actors” out of the financial system.

  2. A person with malicious intent.

  3. An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, actor.

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