malefactor
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Any doubt about the identity of the unnamed malefactor was dispelled in the first footnote to the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He’s an honest policeman who describes himself as a “functionnaire,” a civil servant, and whose belief in justice might sometimes lead him to letting a malefactor escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
In a more sinister scenario, a malefactor could hack into an iPhone and access a record of where a Voice Memo user has been.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020
Milton's benchmark for when a book becomes a "malefactor" is a little unclear.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2020
The word "helm-a-lee," Franklin states, became as disagreeable to their ears as the sentence of a judge to a convicted malefactor.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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