gallows bird

noun

Definition of gallows birdnext
as in villain

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  1. villain
  2. sinner
  3. trespasser
  4. wrongdoer
  5. transgressor
  6. perpetrator
  7. perp
  8. gangster
Noun
  • There are no villains in Possible Love; there are only people who are aware of others, and people who are not.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The former Democratic speaker was the longtime villain, a mainstay in ads as Republicans linked Democratic candidates to her to paint them as radical and out of touch.
    — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of villain
Noun
  • On one page, tiny, antlike sinners tumbled down a cliff toward perdition.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Whether others saw a sinner, a hypocrite, an outcast, or even an enemy, Jesus continued to behold the perfect man.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • The reports began last August, with a report of a daytime trespasser, who wasn’t located.
    — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In ruling on the motion, Pasco County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Riba acknowledged Garrett was a trespasser.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of trespasser
Noun
  • The Native community had its own ways of punishing wrongdoers, but Stevens’ role was to protect her client’s constitutional rights.
    — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
  • New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.
    — Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Definition of wrongdoer
Noun
  • Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of transgressor
Noun
  • Both of the victims, as well as the alleged perpetrator, were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This Sundance Film Festival hit, a stunning depiction of childhood trauma told from a child’s perspective, also stars Philip Ettinger as the perpetrator of that act and Gemma Chan as the titular heroine’s mother.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of perpetrator
Noun
  • Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Paya being cuffed and taken away on a golf cart by federal police before another video showed him in an orange jumpsuit being perp-walked to a helicopter.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Total notional perp volume across both centralized and decentralized exchanges averaged about $150 billion per day this year, down from a high of near $200 billion/day last year, according to data compiled by CNBC.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of perp
Noun
  • British gangsters colliding with the Italian Mafia just feels so right for our world.
    — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026
  • One kid wants to make a supernatural fantasy, another a gangster movie, another a boxing movie.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of gangster
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