"malevolent influence" is a correct and usable term in written English.
It generally refers to someone or something that is deliberately doing harm or intending to cause trouble. For example: "The dictator's malevolent influence was felt throughout the entire country."
They understand, and can effectively articulate, the argument against this malevolent influence on our armed forces.
And he was the first chef to resign from Gordon's dark, malevolent influence, rather than being fired.
The National Building Agency NBAA), set up to advise councils in the 1970s, was a malevolent influence operating on behalf of concrete system manufacturers.
He believed that the rest of us exerted a malevolent influence on his son, and had persuaded him to run away.
"If one were superstitious it would be easy to believe in some malevolent influence at work, determined by some means to keep the book from being finished".
As this was unlikely, his exile will at least allow Peruvians to begin to erase some of his malevolent influence on their government.
These coexist with pre-Buddhist animistic beliefs and the use of magic to ward off malevolent influences.
"She said, 'No, it's a kundan.' It's something that protects you from the malevolent influences of the planets".
There was also no better indication that the Catholic Church had lost its often-malevolent influence than the success of the comedy series Father Ted.
It's convenient for critics of the BBC, either commercial or political, to paint a picture of malevolent state influence.
The name "influenza" was coined in Italy in the 15th century, on the basis that the disease was originally thought to be caused by a malevolent supernatural influence.
