Malefactor Definition

mălə-făktər
malefactors
noun
malefactors
One who has committed a crime; a criminal.
American Heritage
An evildoer or criminal.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Malefactor

Noun

Singular:
malefactor
Plural:
malefactors

Origin of Malefactor

  • Middle English malefactour from Latin malefactor from malefacere to do wrong male ill mel-3 in Indo-European roots facere to do dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin malefactor, from male (“evilly") + factus (“made or done"), past participle of facio (“I make or do").

    From Wiktionary

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