D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Malefactor

/măʹləfăk'tər/ · Mal·e·fac·tor · IPA /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/
01 n. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
  1. 1.
    An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
  2. 2.
    One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.