mal ‧ ice /ˈmæləs, ˈmælɪs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin malitia , from malus 'bad' ]
1 . the desire to harm someone because you hate them
with malice
His eyes gleamed with malice.
sheer/pure malice
She did it out of sheer malice.
James bore her no malice (=did not feel any malice towards her) .
2 . with malice aforethought law with the deliberate intention of doing something that is against the law