malefactor vs traitor

traitor vs malefactor

malefactor and traitor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, traitor is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, traitor 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
traitor: someone who betrays his country by committing treason

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

malefactor (noun)	traitor (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who betrays his country by committing treason
	a person who says one thing and does another

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