
[Middle English malefactour, from Latin malefactor, from malefacere, to do wrong : male, ill + facere, to do.]
malefaction mal'e·fac'tion (-făk'shən) n.
n.
The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
There is an increasing rate of malefaction in the neighborhood this past week and the police is looking into it.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
misdadiger, boosdoener
Français (French)
n. - malfaiteur
Deutsch (German)
n. - Übeltäter
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδικοπραγών, κακοποιός, εγκληματίας
Português (Portuguese)
n. - malfeitor (m)
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
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جاني, آثم, مجرم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עושה רע, פושע
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