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as in criminals
a person who commits moral wrongs
if good people stand by and do nothing, evildoers will triumph
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as in villains
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 evildoers
And he was jacked, a hulking man who was not afraid to drop-kick a kid who was part of a gang of evildoers.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
This might be a clever ploy by AI makers or evildoers.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
With the right story hook, gameplay overhaul, and look, a team of anthropomorphic animals taking on galactic evildoers with agile spaceships in a fun and colorful sci-fi setting feels like an easy win — especially for a company like Nintendo.
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Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
At over 1,200 miles, there’s room to encounter evildoers along the way and fight the weather to deliver the tree by Christmas.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Dec. 2025
That makes your account with the cleanup service a juicy target for evildoers who specialize in misusing personal data.
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PC Magazine,
13 Aug. 2025
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
This might be a clever ploy by AI makers or evildoers.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
With the right story hook, gameplay overhaul, and look, a team of anthropomorphic animals taking on galactic evildoers with agile spaceships in a fun and colorful sci-fi setting feels like an easy win — especially for a company like Nintendo.
—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
At over 1,200 miles, there’s room to encounter evildoers along the way and fight the weather to deliver the tree by Christmas.
—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoers
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What begins as a chance to escape the routine of his everyday life quickly spirals into a dangerous gathering of powerful criminals, old enemies, and unresolved loyalties.
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That creates the perfect opening for criminals.
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Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
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Animation fans were in for a very tasty treat, as the episode introduced villains and set the tone for the brutal show adapted from the best-selling Vertigo series by the late Anthony Bourdain, co-created with Joel Rose.
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The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
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Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
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These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.
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That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
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Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.
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Deputies responded to the area and identified an undisclosed number of juveniles as the offenders, officials said.
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Survivors have fought for a full public account of priests, with San Francisco the only diocese in the state that has not released such a list of clergy abuse offenders.
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Based on the popular Quebec comic book created by Samuel Parent and commissioned by and produced in collaboration with Télé-Québec, the series, aimed at 6 to 9-year-olds, follows the adventures of a fearless kid who confronts monsters that haunt children in the darkness of night.
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With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan.
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The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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“Evildoers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoers. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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