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
The evildoer himself morphs from sexy Jamie Campbell Bower to evil monstrosity!
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
After taking that summer to recover, the evildoer grief struck yet again when my mother passed away.
—Kevin Lewis, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
That could be technology so powerful that an evildoer could use it to make weapons of mass destruction.
—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
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
After taking that summer to recover, the evildoer grief struck yet again when my mother passed away.
—Kevin Lewis, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
That could be technology so powerful that an evildoer could use it to make weapons of mass destruction.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoer
Noun
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When unhoused people are treated as criminals, they are pushed into an identity of exclusion rather than belonging.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Set in Gaza in 2007, and following the misadventures of a student (Nader Abd Alhay) and restaurant owner and petty criminal (Majd Eid), the picture premiered in Un Certain Regard last year and won the Best Director prize.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Was that a conscious decision after the controversy surrounding past tweets that made some people see you as a villain during the Emilia Pérez Oscar campaign?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Angel Reese has never had a problem embracing the villain role.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Greylord was a watershed in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Oscillating between a bumbling brute and an ironic ignoramus, Marvel Studios sees the God of Thunder more like the God of Blunder, kicking out the knees of the steady 2011 film in favour of single-digit IQ humour.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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This time the closing hole was a brute, the toughest at Harbour Town on Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several verses emphasize that two or more people should work together to help, restore or confront a sinner, focusing on restoration through witnesses, gentle guidance and shared strength.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, that was imprisoned in a dark underground labyrinth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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This little green creature then tries to help the Minions find more monsters to flesh out their film, a plan that unsurprisingly goes awry.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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My office will continue to work alongside law enforcement partners like the Antioch Police Department to hold armed offenders accountable and pursue justice on behalf of all those harmed.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Lawrence Reed is a lifetime offender who was put on an ankle monitor.—
Michael Tobin,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Evildoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoer. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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