malefactor
/MAL-uh-fak-ter/nouna person who does wrong or commits a crime
“The court sentenced the malefactor to five years in prison.”
- Synonyms
- wrongdoer, criminal, culprit
- Antonyms
- benefactor
- Root
- mal- (bad)
- Memory hook
- mal (bad) + factor (doer): a doer of bad deeds.
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