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malefactor

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In both of those trials too, the babies’ gazed much less frequently at the malefactor after it misbehaved.

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Moreover, regulation won’t work without tight enforcement, which means criminal charges when necessary even — especially — for the most powerful malefactors of great wealth.

We had to stand with Ukraine to send a strong message to the malefactor Putin.

He was heartened, and went about the ship looking less like a malefactor doomed to execution.

The companion in crime of this malefactor, and his companion also at the gallows, was named Darby Mullins.

When this notorious malefactor was brought to trial, he was convicted on two indictments, and received sentence of death.

THIS malefactor appears to have suffered for a crime as savagely ferocious as it was deliberate.

This extraordinary malefactor suffered at Maidstone on the 6th of April, 1758.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to malefactor, such as: con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, and felon.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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