malefactor vs abductor

abductor vs malefactor

malefactor and abductor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, abductor is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, abductor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malefactor:

malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
abductor: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

Other hyponyms of malefactor include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

malefactor (noun)	abductor (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
	someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

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