bad actor

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noun
  1. a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.

  2. a vicious animal.

  1. an inveterate criminal.

Origin of bad actor

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use bad actor in a sentence

  • The Wildcat snaked himself forward toward the fat bad actor.

    Lady Luck | Hugh Wiley
  • On the echo of the shot from the fat bad actor's gun the Wildcat leaped automatically.

    Lady Luck | Hugh Wiley
  • Lafarge, the bad actor from the Comédie Française was hanging about, and I was the more convinced he was bent on mischief.

    Francezka | Molly Elliot Seawell