Usually means: Wrongful legal action with malintent.
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  1. malicious prosecution: Wordnik
  2. malicious prosecution: Wiktionary
  3. malicious prosecution: Dictionary.com
  4. Malicious Prosecution, Malicious prosecution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. malicious prosecution: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Malicious prosecution: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. malicious prosecution: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. malicious prosecution: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  8. malicious prosecution: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. malicious prosecution: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (malicious prosecution)

noun:  (law) A common law intentional tort which arises from a party (1) intentionally and maliciously instituting or pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the other party.

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