"Malefaction" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Lat To detect or discov-er, and disclose to a magistrate, any secret crime. Leges Canutl, cap. 10

(From Sax. abere, apparent, notorious; and mord, murder.) Plain or downright murder, as distinguished from the less heinous crime of …

In criminal law. To encourage, incite, or set another on to commit a crime. See Abettor

The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.

In criminal law. An instigator, or setter on; one who promotes or procures a crime to be committed; one who …

Lat (Pl., abigei, or more rarely abigeatores.) In the civil law. ' A stealer of cattle; one who drove or …

In criminal law. The miscarriage or premature delivery of a woman who is quick with child, when this ls brought …

A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See …

In criminal law. Con*; tributing to or aiding in the commission of a crime, one who, without being present at; …

An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

In criminal law. A person who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent with the principal offender unites in the commission …

To accuse of a crime.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a punishable offense, laid before a …

To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense

to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a …

To bring a formal charge against a person, to the effect that he Is guilty of a crime or punishable …