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
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
The idea is that a malefactor could write in two digits at the end and change the date.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2020
William the Conqueror invested the Abbot of Battle Abbey with authority to save the life of any malefactor he might find being executed, and whose life he wished to spare.
From Old Church Lore by William Andrews
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