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nounmalefactee (plural malefactees)
plural malefactees
- Synonym of maleficiary.
To my knowledge, Gil (1982) was the first scholar to refer to the indirect object of verbs like belong, happen, matter, occur, etc., as the benefactee or malefactee.
2021, González, Luis H., The Fundamentally Simple Logic of Language, Routledge Focus, 2021Synonyms: maleficiary
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nounSynonym of maleficiary.
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malefactee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malefactee
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“malefactee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malefactee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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