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

Five years after that, Miloš Forman made a flamboyant film out of Shaffer’s material, with F. Murray Abraham playing Salieri as a suave, pursed-lipped malefactor.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

IJM pursues this strategy, in concert with amenable governments, one malefactor at a time.

From Slate • May 10, 2019

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