malefactor
a person who violates the law; criminal.
a person who does harm or evil, especially toward another.
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How to use malefactor in a sentence
In both of those trials too, the babies’ gazed much less frequently at the malefactor after it misbehaved.
8-Month-Old Babies Recognize Wrongdoers and Seek to Punish Them | Jeffrey Kluger | June 16, 2022 | TimeMoreover, regulation won’t work without tight enforcement, which means criminal charges when necessary even — especially — for the most powerful malefactors of great wealth.
We had to stand with Ukraine to send a strong message to the malefactor Putin.
The GOP Just Screwed Ukraine Out of Billions to Hurt Obama | Michael Tomasky | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was heartened, and went about the ship looking less like a malefactor doomed to execution.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThe companion in crime of this malefactor, and his companion also at the gallows, was named Darby Mullins.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden Pelham
When this notorious malefactor was brought to trial, he was convicted on two indictments, and received sentence of death.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamTHIS malefactor appears to have suffered for a crime as savagely ferocious as it was deliberate.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamThis extraordinary malefactor suffered at Maidstone on the 6th of April, 1758.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden Pelham
British Dictionary definitions for malefactor
/ (ˈmælɪˌfæktə) /
a criminal; wrongdoer
Origin of malefactor
1Derived forms of malefactor
- malefaction, noun
- malefactress, fem n
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