desperado vs malefactor

desperado

noun
  • A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. 

  • A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship. 

  • A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check. 

  • A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc. 

malefactor

noun
  • An evildoer. 

  • A criminal or felon. 

How often have the words desperado and malefactor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )