malafide

See also: mala fide

English

Etymology

See bona fide and Latin malus (“bad”).

Adjective

malafide (not comparable)

1. (India, law) In bad faith.
   • 2023, Srishti Jaswal, Monitor reporter’s trial opens: Why India treats journalists as terrorists, in: The Christian Science Monitor, April 19 2023

     Soutik Banerjee, an advocate assisting Mr. Shah’s legal team, describes the ruling as a positive development, writing in a statement that it “exemplifies that there has been arbitrary and malafide use of extraordinary laws against Fahad. … Only time will tell if UAPA charges will also apply.”

Noun

malafide (plural malafides)

1. (India, law) Something done in bad faith.