Malicious
a.- Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
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Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice;
as, a malicious report;malicious mischief. -
(Law) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse;
as, a .malicious act
Malicious abandonment ,
the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause.
a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause.
