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malefactor
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Malefactor
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mal·e·fac·tor
/
ˈmæl
əˌfæk
tər
/
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[
mal
-
uh
-fak-ter
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a person who violates the law; criminal.
2.
a person who does harm or evil, especially toward another.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
malefactour
<
Latin
malefactor,
equivalent to
malefac
(
ere
) to act wickedly, do an evil deed (see
male-
,
fact
) +
-tor
-tor
Synonyms
1.
felon, culprit.
Antonyms
2.
benefactor.
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malefactor
(ˈmælɪˌfæktə)
—
n
a criminal; wrongdoer
[C15: via Old French from Latin, from
malefacere
to do evil]
'malefaction
—
n
'malefactress
—
fem n
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Etymonline
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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
As they cannot have personal access te that
malefactor
, they undertake te evangelize him by means of postal caids.
The
malefactor
failed to pay the amounts charged to those accounts and thus the accounts became delinquent.
The birds learned to identify an aggressive researcher and ignore the others-and eventually they dive-bombed the
malefactor
.
Jack loves his violent ways too much to consider any other route to heaven than that of the
malefactor
on the cross.
Taken in connection with the story of the
malefactor
who died yesterday, this narrative has a melancholy interest.
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