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mal·e·fac·tor
 malefactor
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- pronunciation:
- mae
lih
faek
t
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who commits a crime or does evil; criminal or wrongdoer.
The police were eager to bring the malefactor to justice.Society does not easily forgive violent malefactors.Some of the malefactors were imprisoned for little more than stealing bread.- similar words:
- devil, miscreant
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| related words: |
convict, culprit, demon, villain |
adjective + (n.)malefactor
alleged, corporate, great, true
verb + (n.)malefactor
discover, identify, remove, stop
noun + (n.)malefactor
case, death, murderer, punishment, stockade, wealth
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The word malefactor
contains the following parts:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
  More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artifice, artificial, benefactor, beneficent, beneficial, benefit, confect, deficient, disaffect, discomfit, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, fictitious, infect, malefactor, manufacture, orifice, proficient, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
mal, male
Latin
root
that means bad, evil, ill
Example words:
dismal, maladjusted, maladminister, maladroit, malady, malaise, malapropism, malapropos, malaria, malcontent, malediction, malefaction, malefactor, malefic, maleficence, maleficent, malevolent, malfeasance, malformation, malfunction, malice, malicious, malign, malignant, malinger, malnutrition, malocclusion, malodorous, malpractice, malversation
- antonyms:
- ben, bene, bon
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