1
as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs
if good people stand by and do nothing, evildoers will triumph
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
Iago from Shakespeare's Othello became one of the most notorious evildoers in all of literature
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Recent Examples of evildoer
That could be technology so powerful that an evildoer could use it to make weapons of mass destruction.
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Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
The script, penned by Jonathan Tropper and which, of course, is being kept under wraps, is said to see Gosling’s character protect a young charge from evildoers in a galaxy-spanning adventure.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Or better yet, why couldn’t he be reimagined as a long and elegant evildoer?
—The Deadline Team, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
That makes your account with the cleanup service a juicy target for evildoers who specialize in misusing personal data.
—PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
The script, penned by Jonathan Tropper and which, of course, is being kept under wraps, is said to see Gosling’s character protect a young charge from evildoers in a galaxy-spanning adventure.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Or better yet, why couldn’t he be reimagined as a long and elegant evildoer?
—The Deadline Team, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
That makes your account with the cleanup service a juicy target for evildoers who specialize in misusing personal data.
—PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoer
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Violence is widespread in the city proper, with large encampments where meth and other drugs are readily available and criminals reportedly exploit the city’s free bus system to carry out offenses.—
Michael Ruiz , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Godwin is well known in the space, having assisted law enforcement nationwide leading to the removal of hundreds of criminals from the streets.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Even the Dodgers, the cartoon villains of spending, kind of sort of have a limit.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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And Salieri seems more of hybrid creature, as though a villain out of Christopher Marlowe had suddenly been endowed with Shakespearean self-awareness.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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For now, his office is limited to civil actions against wrongdoers and passing information to the receiver and state and federal prosecutors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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California rightly prides itself on standing up for victims of abuse and holding wrongdoers accountable.—
Jaime Huff,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Dec. 2025
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Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.—
Chris Sims,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
13 Feb. 2026
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The couple has clearly created a monster.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Or a family battling an evil monster.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Cowley wants to champion policies that attack the root causes of violence while holding offenders accountable, according to her campaign website.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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My key priorities include prosecuting violent offenders, gangs, traffickers, fentanyl dealers, and cartels; supporting local law enforcement; pursuing lawsuits to defend Texas; and aggressively investigating and prosecuting fraud.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Evildoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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