English-Thai Dictionary

malefactor

N ผู้ กระทำความผิด (ทาง กฏ หมาย  ผู้ ทำผิดกฎหมาย  ผู้กระทำผิด  criminal crook wrongdoer phu-kra-tam-pid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALEFACTOR

n.[supra. ] One who commits a crime; one guilty of violating the laws, in such a manner as to subject him to public prosecution and punishment, particularly to capital punishment; a criminal.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALEFACTOR

Mal `e *fac "tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See Malice, and Fact. ]

 

1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

 

2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. [Obs. ] H. Brooke. Fuller.

 

Syn. -- Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malefactor

mal e fac tor |ˈmaləˌfaktər ˈˌmæləˈˌfæktər | ▶noun formal a person who commits a crime or some other wrong. DERIVATIVES mal e fac tion |ˌmaləˈfakSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from malefact- ‘done wrong, ’ from the verb malefacere, from male ‘ill ’ + facere ‘do. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

malefactor

malefactor |ˈmalɪˌfaktə | ▶noun formal a person who commits a crime or some other wrong. DERIVATIVES malefaction |-ˈfakʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from malefact- ‘done wrong ’, from the verb malefacere, from male ‘ill ’ + facere ‘do ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malefactor

malefactor noun she is studying the psychological profiles of three teenage malefactors: wrongdoer, miscreant, offender, criminal, culprit, villain, lawbreaker, felon, evildoer, delinquent, hooligan, hoodlum; sinner, transgressor; informal crook, thug; archaic trespasser.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malefactor

malefactor noun most malefactors are the victims of their environment: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, offender, villain, lawbreaker, felon, evil-doer, convict, delinquent, sinner, transgressor, outlaw; scoundrel, wretch, reprobate, rogue, rascal; informal crook, baddy; Austral. informal crim; Law malfeasant, misfeasor; archaic miscreant, trespasser.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

malefactor

mal e fac tor /mǽlɪfæ̀ktə r /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠悪人, 犯罪者 (criminal ).