malefactor

Meaning

1. A criminal or felon.
2. An evildoer.

Synonyms

criminal

wrongdoer

evildoer

crook

felon

evil-doer

villain

🦹‍♂️

delinquent

culprit

transgressor

gangster

hoodlum

lawbreaker

offender

outlaw

hajduk

fiend

mugger

perpetrator

plotter

scoundrel

sinner

evil spirit

wicked person

misdoer

deliberate criminal

convict

Translations

malhechor

malfattore

malfaiteur

malfactor

Missetäter

delinquente

criminale

malvivente

εγκληματίας

hors-la-loi

delinqüent

transgressor

Übeltäter

fuorilegge

malfrat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: malefactour

In summary

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”).