bad actor
noun
1.
a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
2.
a vicious animal.
3.
an inveterate criminal.
Origin
1940-45
Examples from the web for
bad actor
Having tests performed by an independent third party might prevent a
bad actor
from gaming the system.
As too many of our enforcement cases demonstrate, even a single
bad actor
can easily cost customers and firms millions of dollars.
There is always the fear that a jury will convict the defendant solely because he is a
bad actor
.
Every time a
bad actor
produces tainted food, your entire industry suffers.
The staff drastically reduced the scope of relay chatter evaluation, retaining only the identification of
bad actor
relays.
It is a known toxin for adults, but appears to be a particularly
bad actor
in the developing brain.
Let's suppose that you had a
bad actor
, a bad contractor.
Slang definitions & phrases for
bad actor
bad actor
noun phrase
A malicious or deceitful person
A habitual criminal
A vicious animal
(1900+)