Malicious

a.	1.	Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. - Shak.
	2.	Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
	3.	(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. Malicious prosecution (Law) a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. - Burrill.

Adj.	1.	malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling Antonyms: unmalicious - not malicious or spiteful
	2.	malicious - wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful" Synonyms: malevolent

DESERTION, MALICIOUS. The act of a husband or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation. Vide Abandonment, malicious.

MALICIOUS. With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.

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