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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
  • It must be asked how Macklemore turned the narrative and turned a Jewish philanthropist — who pledged $2 million to Gaza humanitarian aid — into the villain of the story?
    — Kenneth L. Marcus, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The way it’s framed, both the heroes and the villains can only come from the tech community.
    — Rumman Chowdhury, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of villain
Noun
  • His life moved from pain to promise, despair to hope, and perhaps as humanly possible, from sinner to saint.
    — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • On one page, tiny, antlike sinners tumbled down a cliff toward perdition.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 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
  • There’s no major wreckage here, nor is comeuppance meted out to the wrongdoers.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The victim described a perpetrator who was 24 to 25 years old, skinny and clean-shaven, with a clear speaking voice.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 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
  • Somebody like Gilroy or Jeff Kober and Barry Corbin (popping up occasionally as a pair of geriatric gangsters) will come and go in situations knowingly designed to feel contrived.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Though Pachinko featured more angels than demons, Lee still convincingly inhabited Koh Hansu, the gangster and groomer.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of gangster
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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