malefactor

English

Alternative forms

• malefactour (obsolete)

Etymology

Latin malefactor, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”).

Noun

malefactor (plural malefactors)

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:criminal
• See also Wikisaurus:villain

Antonyms

• benefactor

Related terms

• maleficent

Translations

criminal or felon

• German: Übeltäter (de) m, Missetäter (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: злочинац (sh) m

  Roman: zločinac (sh) m

evildoer

• German: Übeltäter (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) m
• Latin: malefactor (la) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: злотвор (sh) m

  Roman: zlotvor (sh) m

• Spanish: malhechor (es) m, malhechora (es) f

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Latin

Etymology

From male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”).

Noun

malefactor (genitive malefactōris); m, third declension

1. wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	malefactor	malefactōrēs
genitive	malefactōris	malefactōrum
dative	malefactōrī	malefactōribus
accusative	malefactōrem	malefactōrēs
ablative	malefactōre	malefactōribus
vocative	malefactor	malefactōrēs