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malefactor

[mal-uh-fak-ter] / ˈmæl əˌfæk tər /




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In a more sinister scenario, a malefactor could hack into an iPhone and access a record of where a Voice Memo user has been.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2020

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

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

Far be it from him who walks as her familiar with Philosophy to stoop to the base grovelling of a soul of clay and suffer himself thus to be treated like a vile malefactor.

From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.




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