Malefaction

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mal·e·fac·tor (m

-f

1. One that has committed a crime; a criminal.

2. An evildoer.

[Middle English malefactour, from Latin malefactor, from malefacere, to do wrong : male, ill; see mel-³ in Indo-European roots + facere, to do; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

male·faction (-f

n) n.

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