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MALEFACTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Synonyms:
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("malefactor" is a kind of...):
principal ((criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malefactor"):
law offender; lawbreaker; violator (someone who violates the law)
traitor; treasonist (someone who betrays his country by committing treason)
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
contrabandist; moon-curser; moon curser; runner; smuggler (someone who imports or exports without paying duties)
scofflaw (one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses)
habitual criminal; recidivist; repeater (someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior))
raper; rapist (someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse)
racketeer (someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion))
drug dealer; drug peddler; drug trafficker; peddler; pusher (an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs)
parolee; probationer (someone released on probation or on parole)
liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))
gangster's moll; gun moll; moll (the girlfriend of a gangster)
mafioso (a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States)
accessary; accessory (someone who helps another person commit a crime)
arsonist; firebug; incendiary (a criminal who illegally sets fire to property)
blackmailer; extortioner; extortionist (a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them)
bootlegger; moonshiner (someone who makes or sells illegal liquor)
briber; suborner (someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act)
coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter (a member of a conspiracy)
desperado; desperate criminal (a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier))
fugitive; fugitive from justice (someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice)
gangster; mobster (a criminal who is a member of gang)
highbinder (a corrupt politician)
highjacker; hijacker (someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination)
goon; hood; hoodlum; punk; strong-armer; thug; tough; toughie (an aggressive and violent young criminal)
gaolbird; jail bird; jailbird (a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly)
abductor; kidnaper; kidnapper; snatcher (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
Instance hyponyms:
Billie the Kid; Bonney; William H. Bonney (United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881))
James; Jesse James (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882))
MacGregor; Rob Roy; Robert MacGregor (Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734))
