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in a manner characterized by a desire to cause harm or distress
- She maliciously tripped the child and then pretended it was an accident.
- He maliciously damaged his neighbor's car after a petty dispute.
- The hacker maliciously erased years of research data from the server.
- They spread the virus maliciously through phishing emails.
- The cat was not just scared; it had been maliciously mistreated.