malefactor

Example Sentences

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The boom was over, the supposed malefactors had been brought to justice and reform had come.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

One of the unfortunate byproducts of polarizing events is the fact that there are not only domestic malefactors, but international ones that will exploit it,” Levin said.

From Los Angeles Times

These anachronisms and inequities are further exacerbated by the unaccountable malefactors of the wealthiest classes, who are able to thwart any fundamental reforms that might weaken the popular urge for a radical or totalitarian solution.

From Salon

Both the failed hired kidnapper and unlikely rescuer of Juno Temple’s protagonist Dot, the centuries-old sin eater pursues his own peculiar morality, burning malefactors’ eyeballs and demanding pancakes along the way.

From Los Angeles Times