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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malfattore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malfattrice"
},
{
"alt": "あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "evildoer",
"word": "悪人"
},
{
"alt": "惡人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "agin",
"sense": "evildoer",
"word": "악인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malefactor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zlóstornik",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зло́сторник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zlóčinec",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зло́чинец"
},
{
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "evildoer",
"word": "malfeter"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "badkâr",
"sense": "evildoer",
"word": "بدکار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "złoczyńca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malfeitor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malfeitora"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "răufăcător"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "răufăcătoare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýšlennik",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "злоумы́шленник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýšlennica",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "злоумы́шленница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlodéj",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "злоде́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlodéjka",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "злоде́йка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eucoireach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зло̏твор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zlȍtvor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malhechor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malhechora"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlovmýsnyk",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зловми́сник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlovmýsnycja",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зловми́сниця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyxodíj",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лиході́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyxodíjka",
"sense": "evildoer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лиході́йка"
}
],
"word": "malefactor"
}
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