Spiteful woman's wrongful act (3)

I believe the answer is:

cat

'spiteful woman's' is the definition.

'wrongful act' is the wordplay.
'wrongful' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'act' anagrammed gives 'CAT'.

(Other definitions for cat that I've seen before include "See 23" , "A tom" , "See 21" , "eg Leopard" , "An old whip with nine tails" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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