bad actor

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Meaning: (idiomatic,law)Anindividualorentitywith apriorcriminalconviction, or who has beensanctionedby thecourtorregulator.2016September 26, Jill Treanor, quoting Stuart Levey, “Global collaboration needed on ‘bad actor’ rules, says HSBC legal chief”, inThe Guardian‎[1]: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.2018February 5, Paul Lewis, quotingMark Warner, “Senator warns YouTube algorithm may be open to manipulation by 'bad actors'”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:The top-ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee has warned that YouTube’s powerful recommendation algorithm may be “optimising for outrageous, salacious and often fraudulent content” or susceptible to “manipulation bybad actors, including foreign intelligence entities”.; (idiomatic)Apersonwithmaliciousintent.; (idiomatic)Anill-intentioned,mean, badly behaved orill-temperedperson.[from 19th c.]1857September 12, “The County Convention”, inThe Evansville Daily Journal‎[3], page 2:At this stage of the game excitement ran high; all were on their feet and crowding close upon the Chair – all were talking at once. One Democratic brother loudly called another a G-d d--d fool and then apologised. The Convention was a Pandemonium ofbad actors.1862December 27, “The Neros at Washington”, inDayton Daily Empire‎[4], page 2:But the soldiers continue to suffer and die by the thousands, and the country to bleed at every pore. How long shall these things be and the bold,bad actorswho have arranged the drama dare to show their faces among an outraged constituency?; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebad,‎actor.

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