maleficence

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From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.

In all their lamentations soundeth vengeance, in all their eulogies is maleficence; and being judge seemeth to them bliss. — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
He had to concentrate his thoughts before he replied to the greeting with a grave bow--had to remember that he had once played semi-host to this man at a Scotch shooting lodge; hated him mostly on hearsay unproved evidence, and chiefly on apprehension as to future maleficence, rather than on positive wrongs to himself. — The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance, Harry Johnston

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