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noun
1.
a person who violates the law; criminal.
2.
a person who does harm or evil, especially toward another.
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Malefactor
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is prefatory. Does it mean:
| apt or appropriate |
| of the nature of something preliminary |
Example Sentences
- Taken in connection with the story of the malefactor who died yesterday, this narrative has a melancholy interest.
- Jack loves his violent ways too much to consider any other route to heaven than that of the malefactor on the cross.
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Word Origin & History
malefactor
c.1440, from L. malefactor, from malefactus, pp. of malefacere "to do evil," from male "badly" (see mal-) + facere "to perform" (see factitious).
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