He may have been actuated by malice.

The statement added that Mr Looney accepted Mr Holden was not actuated by malice in writing the memo.

However, it was not merely his personal attack on me that made me imagine that he was actuated by malice.

But judge White rejected Leyonhjelm's defense, saying his "conduct was not reasonable and had in any event been actuated by malice".

{414} Practically the only plea open to the suspect was that the informers against him were actuated by malice.