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malefactor

noun
🔊/ˈmælɪfæktə(r)/
🔊/ˈmælɪfæktər/
 (formal)
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  1. a person who does wrong, illegal or very bad things 犯罪分子；作恶的人；道德败坏的人Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from malefact- ‘done wrong’, from the verb malefacere, from male ‘ill’ + facere ‘do’.