mala fide
C1CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law adjective
Done in bad faith, with dishonest intent or knowledge of wrongdoing.
The court found that the transfer was made mala fide to defeat the claims of creditors.
Business adjective
Done in bad faith; with dishonest intent.
The court set aside the transfer as a mala fide attempt to put assets beyond creditors' reach.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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