Etymology

malefacture

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Today it means: An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence. Full definition →

Latin malefactūrus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommalefactūrus
  2. English todaymalefacture

Borrowed from Latin malefactūrus, future active participle of malefaciō (“to do evil or harm, to injure”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

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