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malefactors

malefactors is the plural of malefactor.

Meaning of malefactor

Noun

malefactor (plural malefactors)

  1. A criminal or felon.
  2. An evildoer.
    • ‘Pull yourself together, Bradshaw,’ said the lawyer. ‘This suspense, I know, is telling upon all of you; but it is now our intention to make an end of it. Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet. If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame. Meanwhile, lest...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 80

Questions about malefactors

What is malefactors the plural of?
Malefactors is the plural of malefactor.

Words near malefactors in the dictionary

  1. malefactions
  2. malefactive
  3. malefactives
  4. malefactivity
  5. malefactor
  6. malefactors
  7. malefactory
  8. malefactour
  9. malefactours
  10. malefactress
  11. malefactresses

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