mala fides

American  

[mah-lah fee-des, mey-luh fahy-deez] / ˈmɑ lɑ ˈfi dɛs, ˈmeɪ lə ˈfaɪ diz /

noun

Latin.

1. bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive.

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Example Sentences

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.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

My meaning is, that apparently, at no stage of the business has there been mala fides in any quarter.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

For, unless you could prove informality, barefaced negligence, or mala fides, what does it come to?

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

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

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

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?

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)