Malefactor \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a
criminal. Opposite of benefactor. --H. Brooke. --Fuller.
"Malefactors of great wealth." [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
malefactor
n : someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
MALEFACTOR. He who bas been guilty of some crime; in another sense, one who
has been convicted of having committed a crime.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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