I.an evildoer, malefactor (Plautin. and post-class.): “malefactorem amitti satiu'st quam relinqui beneficum,” i. e. it is better to let a malefactor go unpunished than to be ungrateful towards a benefactor, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 11: “ad vindictam malefactorum,” Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 14.
mălĕfactor , ōris, m. id.,