malefactor
Example Sentences
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Church and government officials in Europe scapegoated imagined malefactors for any number of reasons.
From Washington Post
In these tales, power imbalances rooted in gender or class tempt malefactors into thinking they’re justified in stealing someone else’s voice and story.
From Washington Post
He's also one-upping those other malefactors because, unlike them, he's real.
From Salon
“We have before us a great challenge with the increase in deforestation rates in the Amazon,” Mr. Bolsonaro wrote in the April 14 letter, which argues that Brazil’s reputation as an environmental malefactor is undeserved.
From New York Times
Where once conspiracy theorists looked to Russia as the enemy, they were suddenly left without a malefactor.
From Los Angeles Times
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