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malefactor

[mal-uh-fak-ter] / ˈmæl əˌfæk tər /




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Milton's benchmark for when a book becomes a "malefactor" is a little unclear.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2020

Bridges was a zealous vamp from the get-go; Tomasson a prowling, barefaced malefactor; Bouley a restless shark, gliding between wily poses.

From Washington Post Mar. 2, 2020

Five years after that, Miloš Forman made a flamboyant film out of Shaffer’s material, with F. Murray Abraham playing Salieri as a suave, pursed-lipped malefactor.

From The New Yorker May 27, 2019

IJM pursues this strategy, in concert with amenable governments, one malefactor at a time.

From Slate May 10, 2019

In vich he alus vos a hactor; You must to read the life be glad— Of such a famous malefactor!

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles




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