"malefactor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-malefactor.wav Forms: malefactors [plural]
enPR: măʹləfăk'tər [US] Etymology: From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|malefactour}} Middle English malefactour, {{der|en|LL.|malefactor}} Late Latin malefactor, {{der|en|la|malefaciō}} Latin malefaciō Head templates: {{en-noun}} malefactor (plural malefactors)
  1. A criminal or felon. Categories (topical): People
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  2. An evildoer. Translations (evildoer): κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), شِرِّير (širrīr) [masculine] (Arabic), зламы́снік (zlamýsnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), зламы́сніца (zlamýsnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), ліхадзе́й (lixadzjéj) [masculine] (Belarusian), ліхадзе́йка (lixadzjéjka) [feminine] (Belarusian), злосто́рник (zlostórnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), злосто́рница (zlostórnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), злоде́йка (zlodéjka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 壞人 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏人 (huàirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 惡人 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶人 (èrén) (Chinese Mandarin), aĉfaranto [masculine] (Esperanto), malbonfaranto (Esperanto), malfaiteur [masculine] (French), malfaitrice [feminine] (French), Übeltäter [masculine] (German), Übeltäterin [feminine] (German), Malefaktor [masculine] (German), illvirki [masculine] (Icelandic), bithiúnach [masculine] (Irish), malfattore [masculine] (Italian), malfattrice [feminine] (Italian), 悪人 (alt: あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito) (Japanese), 악인 (agin) (alt: 惡人) (Korean), malefactor [masculine] (Latin), зло́сторник (zlóstornik) [masculine] (Macedonian), зло́чинец (zlóčinec) [masculine] (Macedonian), malfeter (Mauritian Creole), بدکار (badkâr) (Persian), złoczyńca [masculine] (Polish), malfeitor [masculine] (Portuguese), malfeitora [feminine] (Portuguese), răufăcător [masculine] (Romanian), răufăcătoare [feminine] (Romanian), злоумы́шленник (zloumýšlennik) [masculine] (Russian), злоумы́шленница (zloumýšlennica) [feminine] (Russian), злоде́й (zlodéj) [masculine] (Russian), злоде́йка (zlodéjka) [feminine] (Russian), eucoireach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), зло̏твор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zlȍtvor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), malhechor [masculine] (Spanish), malhechora [feminine] (Spanish), зловми́сник (zlovmýsnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зловми́сниця (zlovmýsnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), лиході́й (lyxodíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лиході́йка (lyxodíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malefactour [obsolete] Related terms: maleficent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Korean translations",
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          "ref": "2013, Kazerad, Katia: Try a few more things, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), April 23 2013",
          "text": "Though your unseen malefactor’s actions may give the impression of confidence… Vaermina suspects he is terrified his plan will go astray."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "širrīr",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "شِرِّير"
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      "roman": "zlostórnik",
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      "word": "злосто́рник"
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      "roman": "zlostórnica",
      "sense": "evildoer",
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      "sense": "evildoer",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "壞人"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàirén",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "坏人"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "惡人"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èrén",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "恶人"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "evildoer",
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      "word": "malbonfaranto"
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "malfaiteur"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "malfaitrice"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Übeltäter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κακοῦργος"
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      "sense": "evildoer",
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      "word": "illvirki"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "malfattore"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malfattrice"
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      "alt": "あくにん, akunin, わろびと, warubito",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "悪人"
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      "alt": "惡人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "agin",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "word": "악인"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malefactor"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlóstornik",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зло́сторник"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zlóčinec",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зло́чинец"
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennik",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленник"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennica",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlodéj",
      "sense": "evildoer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоде́й"
    },
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      "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"
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    {
      "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"
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  "word": "malefactor"
}

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