† malefactn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin malefactum.

Etymology: < classical Latin malefactum, use as noun of neuter of malefactus , past participle of malefacere to do wrong < male wrongly (see mal- prefix) + facere to act, do (see fact n., int., and adv.). Compare Old French malefaite (13th cent.).

Obsolete.

A malefaction, offence.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime

crimec1384

broke1481

facta1533

malefact1534

penalty1579

malefaction1604

malefacture1635

job1679

offence1683

criminality1750

operationa1902

1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 Wilful burning of houses, & other scelerous dedes and abhominable malefactis.

1556–7 Act 3 & 4 Phil. & Mary in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 256 Brought to answer to the law for that malefact.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 457 Hee demanded me..what malefact I was guilty of?

1670 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1910) 3rd Ser. III. 655 To depone what they know in relation to that malefact.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	malefact
释义	† malefactn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin malefactum. Etymology: < classical Latin malefactum, use as noun of neuter of malefactus , past participle of malefacere to do wrong < male wrongly (see mal- prefix) + facere to act, do (see fact n., int., and adv.). Compare Old French malefaite (13th cent.). Obsolete. A malefaction, offence. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime crimec1384 broke1481 facta1533 malefact1534 penalty1579 malefaction1604 malefacture1635 job1679 offence1683 criminality1750 operationa1902 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 Wilful burning of houses, & other scelerous dedes and abhominable malefactis. 1556–7 Act 3 & 4 Phil. & Mary in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 256 Brought to answer to the law for that malefact. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 457 Hee demanded me..what malefact I was guilty of? 1670 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1910) 3rd Ser. III. 655 To depone what they know in relation to that malefact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1534
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