malefactor

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malefactor
n. evildoer, criminal

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malefactor

Noun
1. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
(synonym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) accessory, accessary


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Malefactor
(n.)
One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.
  
 
(n.)
An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
  

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Malediction, Malefactor, Maleficium
MALEDICTION - Eccles. law. A curse which was anciently annexed to donations of lands made to churches and religious houses, against those who should violate their rights.

MALEFACTOR - He who bas been guilty of some crime; in another sense, one who has been convicted of having committed a crime.

MALEFICIUM - Waste, damage, torts, injury.
   

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