Word

Malignity (n.)

Definition
Having a strong desire to inflict pain or harm to others.

Quote
In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of the night and destroyed our work of nearly a year (Orwell 64)

Inference
The he, or Snowball (not said in the quote), is a malignity simply because he intentionally destroyed their work to cause harm to them. It was meticulous, planned out. He took the time to, though not physically, take the time t