măl'ə-făk'tər
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
One that performs evil acts.
Someone who transgresses.
A person found or declared guilty of an offense or crime.
Someone or something regarded as the cause of a problem, difficulty, injustice, etc.
The definition of a rascal is a person who is playfully mischievous or badly behaved.
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
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A miserable or unhappy person; person in deep distress or misfortune
A prisoner or an ex-convict.
One guilty of a fault or crime.
A delinquent is defined as a person, especially someone young, who has done something society considers wrong or criminal.
(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
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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One who commits murder.
A mischievous youngster.
A scoundrel; a rascal.
The definition of an outcast is a person who doesn't fit in with the majority and who is not accepted by the crowd.
A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home and often without a regular means of support.
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(Biol.) An individual varying markedly from the standard, esp. an inferior one
A thug or gangster.
A wild, lawless person, often a member of a gang of criminals
A scamp.
larrikin (Australian)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug.
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The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse:
A person whose behavior is rough, quarrelsome, and disorderly; hoodlum
A person or thing that rounds; specif., a tool for rounding corners or edges
(Idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue
An annoying person or thing, especially an ill-mannered or disruptive child.
A rough, brutal hoodlum, gangster, robber, etc.
A bum is defined as a person who is lazy and does not work by choice.
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A person who violates the law
An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
Find another word for malefactor. In this page you can discover 44 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for malefactor, like: criminal, evildoer, transgressor, convict, villain, rascal, scoundrel, hellhound, wretch, jailbird and culprit.
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