malefactor
Example Sentences
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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
IJM pursues this strategy, in concert with amenable governments, one malefactor at a time.
From Slate • May 10, 2019
Having said that, the casting of Colin Firth, as the leading malefactor, is fiendishly smart, for which of us would not entrust our pennies to him?
From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2018
The stereotyped matter is bound, like a malefactor on the wheel, to the central drum, and round each cylinder a sheet of paper is constantly being passed.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
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