Malitiôsus, pen. prod. Adiect. Cicer.Crafty: subtill: deceitefull: wily.Malitiosa iuris interpretatio.Cic.A crafty and writhed interpretation of the law.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mălĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [malitia], full of wickedness, wicked, knavish, crafty, malicious. I. In gen. (class.): homo, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57: malitiosissimus, Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 3.—Of things: juris interpretatio, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33.—II. As nom. prop.: Silva Malitiosa,