Usually means: Individual or entity causing harm.
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  1. bad actor: Merriam-Webster
  2. bad actor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. bad actor: Wiktionary
  4. bad actor: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. bad actor: Dictionary.com
  6. bad actor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. bad actor: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bad Actor: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bad actor)

noun:  (idiomatic, law) An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
noun:  (idiomatic) A person with malicious intent.
noun:  (idiomatic) An ill-intentioned, mean, or ill-tempered person.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, actor.

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