Malinfluence

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    evil influence countable, uncountable

    "And I'm thinking about this because I'm thinking about a juror that I heard speak on, you know, one of the cable news programs after she served on a jury in which one of President Trump's associates, you know, was convicted of conduct related to trying to - was related to, you know, Russian malinfluence during the 2016 election."

Example

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"And I'm thinking about this because I'm thinking about a juror that I heard speak on, you know, one of the cable news programs after she served on a jury in which one of President Trump's associates, you know, was convicted of conduct related to trying to - was related to, you know, Russian malinfluence during the 2016 election."

Etymology

From mal- + influence.

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