Malefactee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of maleficiary.

    "To my knowledge, Gil (1982) was the first scholar to refer to the indirect object of verbs like belong, happen, matter, occur, etc., as the benefactee or malefactee."

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"To my knowledge, Gil (1982) was the first scholar to refer to the indirect object of verbs like belong, happen, matter, occur, etc., as the benefactee or malefactee."

Etymology

From malefact(or) + -ee.

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