One can be held to have acted maliciously, the law says, even if the act was sudden.

In the course of the investigation, seven other students came forward with charges that he had acted maliciously and abusively toward them as well.

Yes, I agree these people, if proven to act maliciously, should be named and shamed then prosecuted.

What offended me about my fellow men was that they acted maliciously and knowingly.

"Fines are high enough right now to hold people accountable if they are acting maliciously."

He insisted his neighborhood friend didn't act maliciously.

In legal terms, he has displayed a reckless disregard for the truth and is acting maliciously.

The second point the court made was that in order to establish tort liability, you have to show they acted maliciously.

"I've never met him, but based on what I know of your husband, I don't believe he's acting maliciously."

Prison Health, in turn, challenged the commission's authority, and even sued over its report on one inmate's treatment, saying the panel had acted maliciously.