malefactor

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(măl'ə-făk'tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that has committed a crime; a criminal.
  2. An evildoer.

[Middle English malefactour, from Latin malefactor, from malefacere, to do wrong : male, ill + facere, to do.]

malefaction mal'e·fac'tion (-făk'shən) n.

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noun

    One who commits a crime: criminal, lawbreaker, offender. Law felon. See crimes.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

The chief factor in the progress of the human race.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A crime or offense.

pronunciation There is an increasing rate of malefaction in the neighborhood this past week and the police is looking into it.

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Malefactor

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - misdæder

Nederlands (Dutch)
misdadiger, boosdoener

Français (French)
n. - malfaiteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Übeltäter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδικοπραγών, κακοποιός, εγκληματίας

Italiano (Italian)
malfattore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - malfeitor (m)

Русский (Russian)
преступник

Español (Spanish)
n. - malhechor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brottsling

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
罪人, 坏人, 犯人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 罪人, 壞人, 犯人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악인, 범인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悪人, 犯人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جاني, آثم, مجرم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עושה רע, פושע‬


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