as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs
anticorruption crusaders are going after wrongdoers at every level of the nation's government
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Recent Examples of wrongdoer
Ancient petroglyphs carved into volcanic rock outside Bishop in the eastern Sierra were recently damaged by vandals, and federal authorities want to bring the wrongdoers to justice.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
While revoking an Oscar is practically unheard of (the only instance dates back to 1969, when Young Americans briefly held the Best Documentary Feature title before it was disqualified over an eligibility technicality), the Academy has found other ways to reprimand Tinseltown's wrongdoers.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
The promise of criminal prosecution of a person responsible for such a death may seem righteous and like an effective deterrent against future wrongdoers.
—Michael Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
In a mythical world, justice proceeds like this: After being wronged by a government injustice, a victim lawyers up and sues the government wrongdoer.
—James S. Burling, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
While revoking an Oscar is practically unheard of (the only instance dates back to 1969, when Young Americans briefly held the Best Documentary Feature title before it was disqualified over an eligibility technicality), the Academy has found other ways to reprimand Tinseltown's wrongdoers.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
The promise of criminal prosecution of a person responsible for such a death may seem righteous and like an effective deterrent against future wrongdoers.
—Michael Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
In a mythical world, justice proceeds like this: After being wronged by a government injustice, a victim lawyers up and sues the government wrongdoer.
—James S. Burling, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoer
Noun
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As crypto holders become increasingly savvy online, criminals start resorting to physical attacks.—
Marie Poteriaieva,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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According to his campaign website, some of his goals include increasing police presence, protecting undocumented immigrants but deporting violent criminals, taxing the rich, and eliminating waste.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
Noun
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The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Everybody loves a reformed sinner, and his first inquisitors, UF trustees, were prepared to grant Ono absolution.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Clayface is shape-shifting villain in the Batman comics and got his introduction as part of Detective Comics #40 in June 1940.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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Welcome to the Post-Trust Era A social media app isn’t the villain.—
Ankush Chowdhary,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Wrongdoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoer. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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