Malefactor
['mælɪ,fæktə] or ['mælɪfæktɚ]
Definition
(n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
(n.) One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.
Checker: Melva
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Culprit, felon, convict, criminal, outlaw.
Checked by Adrienne
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CULPRIT]
Editor: Nita
Definition
n. an evil-doer: a criminal.—n. Malefac′tion (Shak.) a crime an offence.—adj. Malef′ic doing mischief: producing evil.—adv. Malef′ically.—v.t. Malef′icate to bewitch.—ns. Mal′efice (obs.) an evil deed: enchantment; Malef′icence the character of being maleficent.—adjs. Malef′icent Malefic′ient.
Checker: Mandy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
Typist: Ted
Examples
- The malefactor was fixed in a chair upon a scaffold erected for that purpose, and his head cut off at one blow, with a sword of about forty feet long. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It is here that Martian justice is meted to benefactor and malefactor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Editor: Thea