Usually means: Dishonesty or deception in intent.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word bad faith:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. bad faith: Merriam-Webster
  2. bad faith: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bad faith: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bad-faith: Wordnik
  5. bad faith: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bad-faith, bad faith: Wiktionary
  7. bad faith: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. bad-faith, bad faith: Dictionary.com
  9. Bad Faith (Law & Order episode), Bad faith (disambiguation), Bad faith (existentialism), Bad faith: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bad faith: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. bad faith: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  12. bad faith: Merriam-Webster

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. bad faith: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. bad faith: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. bad faith: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bad faith: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bad faith)

noun:  The misrepresentation of one's own true motive.
noun:  (law) An intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).
noun:  (law) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit, which has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies.
noun:  (philosophy) The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will.

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