malefactor

  • 21malefactor — noun (C) formal someone who does evil things …

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  • 22malefactor — noun she is studying the psychological profiles of three teenage malefactors Syn: wrongdoer, miscreant, offender, criminal, culprit, villain, lawbreaker, felon, evildoer, delinquent, hooligan, hoodlum; sinner, transgressor; informal crook, thug;… …

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  • 23malefactor — mal·e·fac·tor …

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  • 24malefactor — /ˈmæləfæktə / (say maluhfaktuh) noun 1. an offender against the law; a criminal. 2. someone who does evil. {late Middle English, from Latin} –malefactress /ˈmæləfæktrəs/ (say maluhfaktruhs), feminine noun …

  • 25malefactor — /maelafaektar/ He who is guilty, or has been convicted, of some crime or offense …

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  • 26malefactor — /maelafaektar/ He who is guilty, or has been convicted, of some crime or offense …

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  • 27malefactor — A person convicted of crime; a criminal …

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  • 28malefactor — n. a criminal; an evil doer. Derivatives: malefaction n. Etymology: ME f. L f. malefacere malefact f. male ill + facere do …

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  • 29released malefactor — index probationer (released offender) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 30malfaiteur — [ malfɛtɶr ] n. m. • XVe; maufaitour, maufaiteurXIIe; adapt. lat. malefactor, d apr. faire ♦ Personne qui commet, qui a commis des méfaits, des actes criminels. ⇒ assassin, bandit, brigand, criminel, gangster, gredin, larron, malfrat, scélérat,… …

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