malefactor vs stealer

stealer vs malefactor

malefactor and stealer both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stealer is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, stealer 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
stealer: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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, 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, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

malefactor (noun)	stealer (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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