a malefactor
malefactor 是正式用词，常用于法律语境。
The police arrested a malefactor.
警方逮捕了一名罪犯。
罪犯；作恶者；坏人
罪犯或重罪犯；犯过罪或被法律定罪的人；恶人；罪人；犯人
a person who has committed a crime or has been convicted of one
罪犯或重罪犯
A criminal or felon.
犯过罪或被法律定罪的人
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
恶人
An evildoer.
The police arrested the malefactor after a short chase.
警察在短暂追逐后逮捕了那名罪犯。
用法提示：malefactor 是名词，意为“罪犯、作恶者”，此处作 arrested 的宾语。
The villagers believed that a malefactor was stealing their cattle at night.
村民们认为有个恶人在夜里偷他们的牛。
用法提示：malefactor 作名词，指作恶的人，在从句中作主语。
A masked malefactor robbed the bank downtown yesterday.
昨天一名蒙面的罪犯抢劫了市中心的银行。
用法提示：malefactor 是名词，表示“罪犯”，此处作句子主语。
malefactor 是正式用词，常用于法律语境。
The police arrested a malefactor.
警方逮捕了一名罪犯。
The malefactor was sentenced to ten years in prison.
该罪犯被判处十年监禁。
The malefactor escaped from prison.
该罪犯越狱了。
常与 catch、arrest、punish 等动词搭配。
The authorities finally caught the malefactor.
当局最终抓住了这名罪犯。
malefactor指作恶者，而benefactor指行善者，两者前缀mal-与bene-相反。
malefactor指罪犯，而malcontent指对现状不满的人，强调情绪而非犯罪行为。
malefactor是名词，指罪犯；malevolent是形容词，指怀有恶意的，注意词性差异。
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