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Malefactor synonyms

măl'ə-făk'tər

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criminal
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
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evildoer
One that performs evil acts.
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transgressor
Someone who transgresses.
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convict
A person found or declared guilty of an offense or crime.
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villain
Someone or something regarded as the cause of a problem, difficulty, injustice, etc.
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rascal
The definition of a rascal is a person who is playfully mischievous or badly behaved.
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scoundrel
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
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hellhound
(Mythology) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnaturally large size, strength or speed, black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.
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wretch
A miserable or unhappy person; person in deep distress or misfortune
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jailbird
A prisoner or an ex-convict.
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culprit
One guilty of a fault or crime.
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delinquent
A delinquent is defined as a person, especially someone young, who has done something society considers wrong or criminal.
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outlaw
(Historical) A person declared by a court of law to be deprived of legal rights and protection, generally for the commission of some crime: the killing of such a person was not a legal offense
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felon
The definition of a felon is a person who has been convicted of a felony (a serious crime for which the penalty is normally one or more years of incarceration).
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murderer
One who commits murder.
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scamp
A mischievous youngster.
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scapegrace
A scoundrel; a rascal.
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outcast
The definition of an outcast is a person who doesn't fit in with the majority and who is not accepted by the crowd.
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vagabond
A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home and often without a regular means of support.
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varlet
(Historical) Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood.
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rogue
(Biol.) An individual varying markedly from the standard, esp. an inferior one
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ruffian
A thug or gangster.
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black-sheep
Used other than as an idiom: see black,‎ sheep.
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hoodlum
A wild, lawless person, often a member of a gang of criminals
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sinner
A scamp.
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larrikin (Australian)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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tough
A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug.
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rough
The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse:
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rowdy
A person whose behavior is rough, quarrelsome, and disorderly; hoodlum
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rounder
A person or thing that rounds; specif., a tool for rounding corners or edges
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bad-egg
(Idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue
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holy terror
An annoying person or thing, especially an ill-mannered or disruptive child.
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thug
A rough, brutal hoodlum, gangster, robber, etc.
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bum
A bum is defined as a person who is lazy and does not work by choice.
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gorilla
A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
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knave
(Archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
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offender
One who gives or causes offense.
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lawbreaker
A person who violates the law
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crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
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crook
An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.
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blasphemer (related)
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miscreant (related)
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wrongdoer
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
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Malefactor Sentence Examples

  • Dean tried hard to exclude Jennifer Radisson from consideration as a malefactor, although he reluctantly admitted his sole reason to pass on her as a suspect was his belief in her story.

  • In the precincts of a great shrine a malefactor finds a safe refuge from his pursuers and is lodged and fed, and from the security of his retreat he can arrange the ransom which is to purchase his immunity when he comes out.

  • The law recognized that a child should not be treated like a mature malefactor, and provided that there should be no criminal procedure, that the child should not be imprisoned or prosecuted, that his interests should be protected by a probation officer, that he should be discharged unless found dependent, delinquent or truant, and in such case that he should be turned over to the care of an approved individual or charitable society.

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