Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malefaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: male-fac-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crime, an offense, an evil deed.

Example Sentences

"They have proclaim'd their malefactions."
"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."

Etymology

From Latin malefaciō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: malefaciō

Inflected Forms

malefactions (plural)

Synonyms

perpetration crime criminal offence criminality delinquency malefaction unlaw unlawfulness delict error malfeasance misdeed

Questions

What does malefaction mean?: A crime, an offense, an evil deed.
Where does malefaction come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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