"bad actor" meaning in English

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        "Individual or entity with the prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator."
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        "A person with malicious intent."
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        "(idiomatic) A person with malicious intent."
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        "Ill-intentioned, mean, ill-tempered person."
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        "(idiomatic) Ill-intentioned, mean, ill-tempered person."
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