malefactor vs hijacker

hijacker vs malefactor

malefactor and hijacker both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hijacker is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, hijacker 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
hijacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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, 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)	hijacker (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
	someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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