malengine — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. Evil intent, bad intention; fraud, deceit.

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   But the chaſte damzell, that had neuer priefe / Of ſuch malengine and fine forgerye, / Did eaſely beleeue her ſtrong extremitye.

   Más ejemplos (1)

   […]for when the Protectors Brother, Lord Sudley, the Admirall through private malice and mal-engine was to lose his life, no man could bee found fitter than Bishop Latimer[…]to divulge in his Sermon the forged Accusations laid to his charge[…].