[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person who engages in an act that is illegal, legally unjustified, or harmful, especially a public official or person in a position of public trust:We will not restore the people’s confidence with bland assurances that the malfeasants are mere outliers who will be punished."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["(especially of a public official or person in a position of public trust) engaging in an act that is illegal, legally unjustified, or harmful:This government zealously pursues malfeasant civil servants and prosecutes them."]}]