mala fides

[ mah-lah fee-des; English mey-luh fahy-deez ]

noun

, Latin.

1. bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides ( def 1 ).

Example Sentences

How could a man be other than trustworthy, when he frankly expressed his suspicions of the mala fides of the spirits who responded to the summons of the crystal?

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He had no wish to impute mala fides to a man of known honesty.

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The whole question is here fully discussed, though the author seems unable to arrive at any definite conclusion even as to the bona or mala fides of the noted impostor George Psalmanazar.

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The whole truth of the matter of course is, that such an industry as the construction of foreign war-ships must vary enormously from year to year, and a comparison between any two single years can prove nothing, except the folly or the mala fides of the person who makes it.

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The line of argument is approximately as follows: After the settlement of the Arabic case one can suspect the obstinate harping on the Lusitania affair, which had really died down, as a sign of mala fides.

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