mal-intentn.
/ˌmalɪnˈtɛnt/, U.S. /ˌmælᵻnˈtɛnt/ The intention to commit a wrongful, harmful, or criminal act; malicious intent, bad intentions.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [noun] > intention
male entente1440
mal-intent1806
1806 Carnatic Question Considered 65 Neither in the Papers, nor in the explanatory evidence of the Ambassadors,..is there..a well-authenticated proof of the mal-intent of the Nabob Mahommed Ally.
1895 R. Home Columbian Sketches iii. 19 The would-be assassin was a representative of the New York Herald—tall, gentlemanly, and highly intellectual, and about the last person in the world one would suspect of mal-intent.
1957 Science 125 1152/2 The book gives the impression of serious intent handicapped by lack of tradition rather than by carelessness or malintent.
2018 Irish Independent (Nexis) 23 Nov. 33 Those who have mal-intent towards children will try to find their way into clubs and sporting groups where they will have access to children.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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