From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Malefactor \Mal'e*fac"tor\, noun [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See {Malice}, and {Fact}.]
1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. Opposite of {benefactor}. --H. Brooke. --Fuller. ''Malefactors of great wealth.'' [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime [syn: {criminal}, {felon}, {crook}, {outlaw}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "malefactor": bad person, blackguard, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, delinquent, evil man, evil person, evildoer, felon, gangster, knave, lawbreaker, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdemeanist, misfeasor, mobster, offender, outlaw, public enemy, racketeer, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, sinner, thief, transgressor, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MALEFACTOR, noun The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
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