How to Use nefarious in a Sentence
nefarious
adjective
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The most nefarious cults sometimes are the ones hidden in plain sight.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Peoplemag,
11 Oct. 2023
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This time there are more nefarious thugs to run toward and away from.
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Yvette Benavides,
ExpressNews.com,
1 Dec. 2020
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The more nefarious of these supervillains hide in plain sight.
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WIRED,
26 Jan. 2023
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But what if the next group of hucksters for whom Watkins serves as a mouthpiece has more nefarious goals?
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Michael Harriot,
The Root,
6 Feb. 2018
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The trailer hints the same substance has an alien origin with a nefarious purpose.
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Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
1 Sep. 2022
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And that is leaving them wide open to the criticism that this was somehow nefarious.
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NBC News,
14 May 2017
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In the long term, their intentions could be even more nefarious.
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Alphonso David,
Fortune,
24 July 2023
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Like with any tool it could be used for good purposes or nefarious.
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Graham Kates,
CBS News,
17 May 2017
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Now, to be clear, this doesn't require a nefarious plot.
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Mark Dohnalek,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
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But some online claim the order is linked to something more nefarious.
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Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
28 Sep. 2022
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And there’s just also a lot of ways for stuff to go missing in other, less nefarious ways.
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The Politics Of Everything,
The New Republic,
25 Oct. 2023
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Was the gas price surge a result of simple supply and demand, or were more nefarious forces at play?
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Sammy Rothstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2023
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Surely at least one of these nefarious characters knows where the bodies, and the bots, are buried?
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Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2018
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But evil robots aside, the devices first have to face a more nefarious foe: lightning.
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Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
5 May 2018
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This is a new but more nefarious take on an old desire for direct election of the president.
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Jack Fowler,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2021
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More nefarious plots, however, have long been a feature of the game.
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Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2020
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Then there are of course those interested in the gold mine of health data for more nefarious reasons like fraud.
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Erika Fry,
Fortune,
21 Mar. 2018
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And in one sequence, Cassie even lures a teenage girl into her car for what looks to be a nefarious purpose.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 Jan. 2021
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As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.
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Emma Dibdin,
Town & Country,
17 Apr. 2022
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The hearings also served a more nefarious purpose, a judge would later rule.
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Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
11 Oct. 2022
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As the city is attacked by nefarious forces, five other avatars band together to save it and its people.
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Angela Haupt,
Washington Post,
19 Nov. 2020
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But for many, the desire for a distinctive number is less nefarious.
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Mustafa Salim,
Washington Post,
13 Feb. 2018
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Both skills can be used for productive or for nefarious reasons.
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Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
28 June 2018
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People who are trying to turn that into some nefarious deed is craziness.
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Washington Post,
26 May 2017
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As nefarious figures bear down on their bunker, Bloom makes one last request.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 June 2021
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But some online claim something more nefarious is afoot.
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Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
26 May 2022
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So does the nefarious head of a crime syndicate, played by Paul Bettany.
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Bryan Bishop,
The Verge,
15 May 2018
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Presumably, a mugger or nefarious actor could do the same thing.
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David Kravets,
Ars Technica,
13 Sep. 2017
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So overall, there is a more nuanced and at times nefarious side to the 'sustainable' leather debate.
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Brooke Roberts-Islam,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2022
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But, of course, some social media users see something more nefarious at play.
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Mckenzie Sadeghi,
USA TODAY,
11 Aug. 2021
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