GALLOWS BIRDS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

gallows birds

noun

plural of gallows bird

as in sinners

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Noun

That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of sinners

Noun

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
The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.

— Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 9 June 2026

Definition of wrongdoers

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Threatening to limit mail-in voting, adding ridiculous ID requirements, or staging thugs at polling places are other possible ways to convince you to stay home.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026
To be sure, the thugs of Hamas and Hezbollah committed a horrific massacre of young Jewish civilians enjoying a music festival on October 7, 2023.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 6 July 2026

Definition of thugs

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In Breaking Bear, a family of furry forest dwellers use everything in their power — including high explosives and drug money — to fight the frackers, mobsters, and a monstrous wolf pack threatening to destroy their home.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 June 2026
But in April 2005, following an investigation dubbed Operation Family Secrets, 14 Chicago mobsters were charged with 18 then-as-yet-unsolved murders — including those of the Spilotros.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 June 2026

Definition of mobsters

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In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.

— Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.

— Andrew Pulver, Air Mail, 31 Jan. 2026

Definition of hoodlums

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The characters were based on a real family of bookmakers and racketeers who once lived in England.

— Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.

— Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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