malefactor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: malefactor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for malefactor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malefactor n someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime Synonym(s): criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malefactor \Mal`e*fac"tor\, n. [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See {Malice}, and {Fact}.] 1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal. 2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. [Obs.] --H. Brooke. Fuller. Syn: Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.