smuggler vs malefactor

smuggler and malefactor both are nouns.

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

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

smuggler: someone who imports or exports without paying duties
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

smuggler (noun)	malefactor (noun)
someone who imports or exports without paying duties	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime