Word Meanings - MALEFACTOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. H. Brooke. Fuller. Syn. -- Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MALEFACTOR)

• Culprit
• Offender
• criminal
• delinquent
• malefactor

Related words: (words related to MALEFACTOR)

• MALEFACTOR
  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. H. Brooke. Fuller. Syn. -- Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.
• CRIMINALITY
  The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.
• CRIMINAL
  1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic
• DELINQUENT
  Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. (more info) fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- + linquere to leave.
• OFFENDER
  One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21.
• DELINQUENTLY
  So as to fail in duty.
• CRIMINALNESS
  Criminality.
• CULPRIT
  Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See 1. One accused of, or ar An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior. 2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
• CRIMINALLY
  In violation of law; wickedly.
• CRIMINALIST
  One versed in criminal law.
• DISCRIMINAL
  In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.