malefaction

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noun

A crime, an offense, an evil deed.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmalefaction (plural malefactions)

plural malefactions

  1. A crime, an offense, an evil deed.

    They have proclaim'd their malefactions.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
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    August 3, 2019, Sid Schwab, Russian meddlers, with help from friends, still at it on heraldnet.com Displaying more bipartisanship, a day after Robert Mueller’s testimony, in which it appeared what he learned has blown his mind, but during which Trump’s malefactions were made clear, the Senate Intelligence Committee released its report on Russian election interference; those virtual acts of war Trump has called fake news.

    Synonyms: perpetration, crime, criminal offence, criminality, delinquency, perpetration, unlaw, unlawfulness

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Latinmalefaciō
  2. Englishmalefaction

From Latin malefaciō.

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APA

malefaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malefaction

MLA

“malefaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malefaction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malefaction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malefaction.

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