bad actor (English, noun)
expansion: bad actor (plural bad actors)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: A person with malicious intent.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, actor.
Forms:
form: bad actors
tags: plural