scofflaw vs malefactor

scofflaw and malefactor both are nouns.

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

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

scofflaw: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

scofflaw (noun)	malefactor (noun)
one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime