noun
- evil or criminal acts; wrongdoings
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The detective investigated the suspect’s past malefactions.
- History books record the tyrant’s numerous malefactions against his people.
- The court reviewed evidence of the defendant’s malefactions.
- Ancient texts warn against the consequences of such malefactions.
- The prosecutor detailed the criminal’s malefactions during the trial.
- Scholars studied the malefactions committed during the war.