English Explanatory Dictionary

malefacture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.

Word forms

malefacture malefactures

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malefactūrus, future active participle of malefaciō (“to do evil or harm, to injure”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

Antonyms

benefacture
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