malefactor vs accessary

accessary vs malefactor

malefactor and accessary both are nouns.

malefactor is not an adjective while accessary is an adjective.

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

As nouns, accessary is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, accessary 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
accessary: someone who helps another person commit a crime

Other hyponyms of malefactor include 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, abductor, 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)	accessary (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who helps another person commit a crime

malefactor (adjective)	accessary (adjective)
	aiding and abetting in a crime

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