He resents the importation of foreign idiom.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
When later the importation of arms into Ireland was prohibited by Order in Council, a proceeding of doubtful legality, this also was interpreted in malam partem: it was aimed not so much at preventing Ulster from getting more arms as at preventing the rest of Ireland from getting any.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
Vessels sailing hence with merchandise for the mainland or Sicily, having no return cargo, may have occasionally brought back as ballast quantities of earth, but that there was ever any systematic importation of soil is not probable.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou