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malfeasant
[ mal-fee-zuhnt ]
noun
- a person who engages in an act that is illegal, legally unjustified, or harmful, especially a public official or person in a position of public trust:
We will not restore the people’s confidence with bland assurances that the malfeasants are mere outliers who will be punished.
adjective
- (especially of a public official or person in a position of public trust) engaging in an act that is illegal, legally unjustified, or harmful:
This government zealously pursues malfeasant civil servants and prosecutes them.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malfeasant1
First recorded in 1830–40; malfeas(ance) ( def ) + -ant ( def )
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