contrabandist vs malefactor

contrabandist and malefactor both are nouns.

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

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

contrabandist: someone who imports or exports without paying duties
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

contrabandist (noun)	malefactor (noun)
someone who imports or exports without paying duties	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime