bootlegger vs malefactor

bootlegger and malefactor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bootlegger	Yes	No	No	No
malefactor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, malefactor is a hypernym of bootlegger; that is, malefactor is a word with a broader meaning than bootlegger:

bootlegger: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of bootlegger include criminal, crook, felon, outlaw.

bootlegger (noun)	malefactor (noun)
someone who makes or sells illegal liquor	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime