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Malefactor
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MALEFACTOR. He who bas been guilty of some crime; in another sense, one who has been convicted of having committed a crime.
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Even Jane Austen's portrayals of life among the lesser gentry are strangely dominated by the benefactions and malefactions of the upper nobility, Darnley in Pride and Prejud ice, for example.
A rhetorical and a materialist Cervantes, angst over the married ... by Horst, Robert Ter / Renaissance Quarterly
The Questions & Answers column in PR Week (12/17/01) led its commentary on Maura Farrell with this malefaction.
Much, Mathews share depthier roll while PR Week sips sacrificial ... by Wood, Alden / Communication World
Thompson's version focuses too greatly on the financial fun and games, making Wedtech seem as if it existed solely as a shell, a boiler room invention through which one money malefaction after another could be concocted and implemented.
Feeding the Beast: How Wedtech Became the Most Corrupt Little Company ... by Thomas, Michael M. / Washington Monthly
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