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mal·e·fac·tor
mae lih faek tr
noun
one who commits a crime or does evil; criminal or wrongdoer.The police were eager to bring the malefactor to justice.Society does not easily forgive violent malefactors.Some of the malefactors were imprisoned for little more than stealing bread.
15世纪中期, malefactour,“违法者,罪犯,重罪犯”,源自拉丁语 malefactor,是 malefacere 的动作名词,意为“做恶”,由 male “恶劣的”(见 mal-)和 facere “做,制造”(源自 PIE 根 *dhe- “设置,放置”)组成。15世纪后期,它已经过时,意为“对他人造成恶意或伤害的人”(benefactor 的相反意义)。
Middle English malefactour, from Latin malefactor, from malefacere to do evil, from male + facere to do — more at do
The first known use of malefactor was in the 15th century
malformedadjective
marked by malformation : badly or imperfectly formed : misshapen
malformationnoun
a misshapen, abnormal, or faulty formation or structure
malformation of the knee joint
malfeasancenoun
wrongful conduct especially by a public official
malevolentadjective
having or showing ill will : spiteful
malevolentadjective
having or showing ill will : spiteful
malevolencenoun
the quality or state of being malevolent
malevolent behavior
male1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or being the sex that produces gametes which fertilize the eggs of females
bearing only stamensespecially: having only stamens and not producing fruit or seeds
a male holly
made up or consisting of males
a male choir
male2 of 2noun
a male individual
male1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or being the sex that produces gametes which fertilize the eggs of females
bearing only stamensespecially: having only stamens and not producing fruit or seeds
a male holly
made up or consisting of males
a male choir
male2 of 2noun
a male individual
malefactornoun
one who is guilty of a crime or offense
one who does evil
1 And the code that drove the progressives to rein in the malefactors of great wealth is nothing but a distant memory.
2 He's also one-upping those other malefactors because, unlike them, he's real.
3 Both the failed hired kidnapper and unlikely rescuer of Juno Temple’s protagonist Dot, the centuries-old sin eater pursues his own peculiar morality, burning malefactors’ eyeballs and demanding pancakes along the way.
4 If we’re talking about institutions stained by colonial legacies, universal museums rank pretty high on the list of malefactors — but who knows what new routes and sightlines you can contrive with the right renovation?
5 Trump is a stark illustration of why so few wealthy malefactors are held accountable.
6 “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.
7 Throughout Ms. Sereny’s writing, the questions that arose again and again were whether history’s great malefactors were capable of genuine remorse, and whether, for them, there existed even the faint possibility of redemption.
8 It was put up in wuld times by the relations of a malefactor who was tortured there by nailing his hand to a post and afterwards hung.
那根石头柱子是古时候一个犯了罪的人的亲属竖在那儿的,先是把那个人的手钉在那儿折磨他,后来才把他绞死。
9 It is 400 years since the squalid, lonely death of Caravaggio, and the one-time fugitive from justice and serial malefactor is now revered as a supreme cultural hero.
10 Donald Trump, who called Putin’s barbaric strategy “genius” and “savvy” after spending four years legitimizing that malefactor, also comes out a loser.
11 Crime pays, if you’re a television network, and especially if you’re network television, where reckoning with malefactors has a long and rich history and continues to have a dominating presence.
12 Some of the malefactors are overgrown children, who need to understand that the love of the fans is not unconditional.
13 Where once conspiracy theorists looked to Russia as the enemy, they were suddenly left without a malefactor.
14 Orlean is one of several malefactors in “Don’t Look Up,” a social satire that McKay wrote about climate change but that he fully expects will be interpreted as a commentary on the pandemic.
15 While he wrote many biographies of admirable figures — among them George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin — Mr. Giblin came to focus increasingly on malefactors.
16 Shortly after the crime, the malefactor was apprehended and turned over to the police.
犯罪后不久,那个罪犯就被逮捕并且移交警方。
17 But what constrains these malefactors from doing harm to the lady guest if they catch her?
18 "We're going to see a diversity of fringe malefactors," Brian Levin, who heads the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino, told The New York Times.
19 In his final days in power, Netanyahu mused darkly on Facebook about a Talmudic account of malefactors working to weaken “the spirit of the people.”
20 The malefactor was sentenced to death.
这个罪犯被判死刑。
1 坏人
evil-doer wrong'un miscreant evildoer badass villainous goat villain sinner naught wretch hellion shaitan bad wicked serpent budmash
2 道德败坏的人
4 罪犯
criminal outlaw yardbird lagger offender villain law-breaker Con punk culprit thug crook underbelly baddy perp delinquent F.F.V. convict lag gunsel wrongo
5 作恶的人
8 犯罪分子