"malefaction" meaning in English

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          "text": "They have proclaim'd their malefactions.",
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          "text": "August 3, 2019, Sid Schwab, Russian meddlers, with help from friends, still at it on heraldnet.com\nDisplaying more bipartisanship, a day after Robert Mueller’s testimony, in which it appeared what he learned has blown his mind, but during which Trump’s malefactions were made clear, the Senate Intelligence Committee released its report on Russian election interference; those virtual acts of war Trump has called fake news."
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        "A crime, an offense, an evil deed."
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