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Noun: malefactor  'ma-lu,fak-tu(r)
Usage: formal
  1. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    - criminal, felon, crook [informal], outlaw, crim [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: malefactors

Type of: principal

Encyclopedia: Malefactor, Ade

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