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in bad faith
With the intention of deceiving someone or doing harm, as in I'm sure they were acting in bad faith and never planned to pay us. This expression was first recorded in 1631. The antonym, in good faith, meaning “sincerely and honestly,” as in I signed that contract in good faith, dates from about 1350.
Example Sentences
“It is shocking that any lawyer, particularly one serving as District Attorney, would act in ‘bad faith’ and destroy evidence relevant to an on-going litigation,” wrote Stephen Larson of Larson LLP.
Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion for the court reiterated that schools engage in unlawful discrimination when they deny these accommodations to kids, even if officials are not acting in bad faith.
Dahlia Lithwick: One thing that looms over this whole case is which justices want to go along with the pretense that everything is fine and regular at Trump’s Department of Justice, and which justices are basically saying: “I think you’re acting in bad faith here and I think you’re going to do more bad things.”
Second, wounding or completely killing off universal injections would create perverse incentives for a president who operates in bad faith.
The internet default is taking what you say in bad faith.
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