parolee vs malefactor

parolee and malefactor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, malefactor is a hypernym of parolee; that is, malefactor is a word with a broader meaning than parolee:

parolee: someone released on probation or on parole
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of parolee include criminal, crook, felon, outlaw.

parolee (noun)	malefactor (noun)
someone released on probation or on parole	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime