About The Word Malefactor

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Malefactor

Malefactor Meaning & Definition
Malefactor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Malefactor?

[n] someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

Synonyms | Synonyms for Malefactor: criminal | crook | felon | outlaw

Related Terms | Find terms related to Malefactor: bad person | blackguard | criminal | crook | culprit | deceiver | delinquent | evil man | evil person | evildoer | felon | gangster | knave | lawbreaker | malevolent | malfeasant | malfeasor | miscreant | misdemeanant | misdemeanist | misfeasor | mobster | offender | outlaw | public enemy | racketeer | rascal | rogue | scoundrel | sinner | thief | transgressor | villain | worker of ill | wrongdoer

See Also | abductor | accessary | accessory | arsonist | Billie the Kid | blackmailer | Bonney | bootlegger | briber | coconspirator | conspirator | contrabandist | desperado | desperate criminal | drug dealer | drug peddler | drug trafficker | extortioner | extortionist | firebug | fugitive | fugitive from justice | gangster | gangster's moll | goon | gun moll | habitual criminal | highbinder | highjacker | hijacker | hood | hoodlum | incendiary | James | Jesse James | kidnapper | law offender | lawbreaker | liquidator | MacGregor | machinator | mafioso | manslayer | mobster | moll | mooncurser | moonshiner | murderer | offender | parolee | peddler | plotter | probationer | punk | pusher | racketeer | raper | rapist | recidivist | repeater | Rob Roy | Robert MacGregor | runner | scofflaw | smuggler | snatcher | stealer | strong-armer | suborner | thief | thug | tough | toughie | traitor | treasonist | violator | William H. Bonney | wrongdoer

Malefactor In Webster's Dictionary

\Mal`e*fac"tor\, n. [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See {Malice}, and {Fact}.] 1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal. 2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. [Obs.] --H. Brooke. Fuller. Syn: Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.

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