How to Use bad actor in a Sentence

bad actor

noun

• No one has figured out how to create watermarks that can't be circumvented by determined bad actors.
  — Megan Morrone, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
• Key Background Meta has faced backlash for the discreet camera on its smart glasses, which critics have said could enable bad actors to do more harm.
  — Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Historically, bad actors also target storm victims with offers of assistance.
  — Laura Doan, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
• And the notion that Snapchat might be a hub for bad actors?
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• There’s an episode of Bad Monkey that requires you to act like a bad actor.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
• As in any genre, there were good and bad actors, and people can be deeply moved by either.
  — Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
• The appalling actions taken by the few bad actors who made the news for all the wrong reasons in the past few years should not reflect on the rest of us.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 30 May 2024
• But as with any sector of society, there are bad actors who cheat to get ahead.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
• Amazon works great for entrepreneurs, but there are bad actors.
  — USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Sean was not afraid to level an F-bomb upon someone who was a bully or a bad actor.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 22 July 2024
• And the agency reasoned that a ban would not stop bad actors from continuing to front-run.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
• As the moon clashes with Neptune, avoid needless risks, unhealthy vices, and bad actors.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• To stop bad actors acquiring a technology, or shape the spread of nascent ideas around it?
  — Mustafa Suleyman, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Because the truth is that when decent people tune out, bad actors end up winning.
  — Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
• The bill also includes measures aimed at cracking down on bad actors.
  — Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
• Other bad actors receive the 340B discount but do not pass the savings on to uninsured patients.
  — Bill Cassidy, STAT, 5 July 2023
• It’s set up to coax the sheriffs into compliance, rather than punish bad actors.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
• Freezing your credit is free, and will stop bad actors from taking out loans or opening credit cards in your name.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
• And given the gang control over Port-au-Prince, bad actors control the flow of food to and from different communities.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• It’s often used to stop bad actors from trying to hack into people’s accounts.
  — Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
• Some bad actors use software to quickly bulk-buy tickets for resale at much higher prices.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
• Industry sources chalk up such cases to the work of a few bad actors, rather than inherent flaws with the clinical model.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2023
• Congress must keep up the oversight effort and hold bad actors accountable.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2024
• Crypto moves so fast that even though bankruptcy courts tend to move faster than other courts, the delays involved can still give bad actors plenty of time to make moves.
  — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 6 July 2023
• Unfortunately, there are a small number of bad actors who decide to breach contract terms or refuse to pay rent.
  — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
• There are too many ways bad actors can hijack our news cycle and misinform us on social media.
  — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• It’s influenced by bad actors who will attempt to get on these platforms in new and innovative ways.
  — Barbara Ortutay, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
• Adobe, the photo software maker, wants to hold bad actors who create these kinds of images accountable.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Federal officials have also warned that bad actors from within the U.S. are behind some of the attacks.
  — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
• This uncertainty has already long acted as a drag on the pace of innovation and a feeding ground for bad actors.
  — Miles Jennings, Fortune Crypto, 15 July 2023

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024