highbinder vs malefactor

highbinder and malefactor both are nouns.

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

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

highbinder: a corrupt politician
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

highbinder (noun)	malefactor (noun)
a corrupt politician	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime