1
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
Second, even if somehow via a magic wand all countries banned AI bot swarms, evildoers would take it upon themselves to do so privately.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 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
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
That makes your account with the cleanup service a juicy target for evildoers who specialize in misusing personal data.
—PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 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
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
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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Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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That convenience also gives criminals a perfect disguise.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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There are no villains—or maybe life, or growing up, or getting older, is the villain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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But watching Ready or Not 2, which comes from returning directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, I was consumed with how quaint its characterization of its villains was.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers.—
Dan Sullivan,
Miami Herald,
19 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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The psychology that Bryk wrote for these young men is the key as to why these brutes are more lovable than unbearable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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One of my grandsons believes that his denomination is the only one and the rest of us are all sinners.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Because lemme tell ya, there are new sinners inducted every day.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2026
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Speed cameras do not deter armed offenders, identify suspects or enable faster police response.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Several of the worst offenders were in their 30s.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Sophisticated research using drones and radar is the smart way to study these monsters – seeing them from the inside is definitely not.—
Perry Samson,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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The start of the conflict revealed that one tool the Israelis used to target the Ayatollah and his top crew of thieving monsters was their extended hack of the traffic cameras outside his Tehran compound.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2026
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Other propaganda compared Native people to buffalo, cats, dogs, and devils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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There are sounds and shadows in the forest; the Devil, or devils, may be walking the earth.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Evildoers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoers. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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