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Recent Examples of malefaction And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022 A pitch-framing specialist with rare agility behind the plate, Wolters must coax pitchers through Coors Field and its occasional malefactions. Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malefaction
Noun
  • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Agnes also makes the decision not to track her attacker down or be more aggressive in her pursuit to see that he is arrested for his crime.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The denial letter said Farzam was convicted of making a false statement to the DMV and a registration violation.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Taken together, these triumphal and tragic elements constitute the ingredients for an epic historical narrative that defies all moralistic categories, a story rooted in the coexistence of grandeur and failure, brilliance and blindness, grace and sin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In an era of 51st-state tensions, there’s something psychically fitting about Canada, America’s top hat, being used to reenact so many of America’s sins.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Malefaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malefaction. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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