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Meanings of
malefactor
in English
Portuguese
fora-de-lei
Catalan
criminal
Spanish
malhechor
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Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
criminal
outlaw
crook
felon
Portuguese
fora-de-lei
Usage of
malefactor
in English
1
Despite my resemblance to a high-caste
malefactor
of the Calcutta prison-wards .
2
Truly, I long for nothing now but the death of this
malefactor
.
3
He rewards the man whom his ministers would punish as a
malefactor
.
4
He entered the woman's house after the earthquake, accompanied by another
malefactor
.
5
For permitting this indulgence to a
malefactor
,
Beardman, the under-sheriff, was punished.
6
It is seldom that law loses sight of eventual utility in a
malefactor
.
7
Having left Plath for another woman, Hughes has often been branded the
malefactor
.
8
Rank and fortune were offered to any
malefactor
who would compass the murder.
9
Therefore he is in the indictment styled, Communis
malefactor
,
calumniator, et seminator litium.
10
The unfortunate bachelor seems to have been treated somewhat as a public
malefactor
.
11
They died at the same time with the afore-mentioned
malefactor
,
Wilson, at Tyburn.
12
I mean that he is no common
malefactor
or whatever it may be.
13
Rank and fortune were offered to any
malefactor
who would compass his murder.
14
From his eyes stared a sorrowful anxiety like that of a poor
malefactor
.
15
He had as hanging a face as ever a
malefactor
carried.
16
As for the other
malefactor
,
William Hawksworth, he was a Yorkshireman by birth.
Other examples for "malefactor"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
malefactor
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
common malefactor
other malefactor
die malefactor
great malefactor
male malefactor
More collocations
Translations for
malefactor
Portuguese
fora-de-lei
Catalan
criminal
malfactor
transgressor
delinqüent
Spanish
malhechor
criminal
delincuente
transgresor
Malefactor
through the time
Malefactor
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common