noun
- a person who commits a crime or does evil
Usage: formal
Examples
- The police arrested the malefactor after a lengthy investigation.
- History remembers him as a malefactor who caused great suffering.
- The judge sentenced the malefactor to ten years in prison.
- Security cameras helped identify the malefactor who vandalized the building.
- The novel’s malefactor was eventually brought to justice.
- Citizens demanded that the malefactor be held accountable for his crimes.