Idiom
bad actor
Meaning
An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The company fired the bad actor for stealing money.”
“The bank tightened its security measures to prevent any bad actor from accessing customer accounts.”
“Regulators identified the firm as a bad actor after discovering a pattern of fraudulent activity designed to deceive unsuspecting investors.”
Examples
simple
“The company fired the bad actor for stealing money.”
contextual
“The bank tightened its security measures to prevent any bad actor from accessing customer accounts.”
complex
“Regulators identified the firm as a bad actor after discovering a pattern of fraudulent activity designed to deceive unsuspecting investors.”
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