malefactor

  • 61culprit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. offender, malefactor, wrongdoer, evildoer. See guilt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. offender, guilty party, accused; see criminal , prisoner . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. offender, guilty party,… …

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  • 62delinquent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neglectful, negligent, defaulting, undutiful; culpable. n. defaulter; transgressor, troublemaker, lawbreaker; juvenile delinquent, J. D. See debt, evildoer, guilt, illegality, neglect. II (Roget s… …

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  • 63evildoer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Transgressor Nouns 1. evildoer; sinner, transgressor, profligate, libertine; oppressor, despot, tyrant (see authority); incendiary, anarchist, destroyer, vandal, iconoclast, terrorist; arsonist. Informal …

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  • 64lawbreaker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. felon, miscreant, criminal, wrongdoer. See illegality, evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. felon, offender, violator; see criminal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. criminal, violator, felon, offender …

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  • 65offender — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lawbreaker, culprit. See guilt, illegality. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. perpetrator, culprit, lawbreaker, sinner, violator, malefactor. see criminal III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who… …

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  • 66malefaction — early 15c., from M.L. malefactionem (nom. malefactio), noun of action from pp. stem of malefacere (see MALEFACTOR (Cf. malefactor)) …

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  • 67bane — A malefactor. Also a public denunciation of a malefactor; the same with what was called hutesium, hue and cry …

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  • 68bane — A malefactor. Also a public denunciation of a malefactor; the same with what was called hutesium, hue and cry …

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  • 69malefactress — trə̇s noun ( es) Etymology: malefactor + ess : a female malefactor …

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  • 70mal|e|fac|tor — «MAL uh FAK tuhr», noun. a criminal; evildoer: »Rank and fortune were offered to any malefactor who would compass the murder (John L. Motley). ╂[< Latin malefactor < malefacere < male badly + facere do] …

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