misdoer

Definition of misdoernext

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Noun
  • The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The immigrant-threat frame offers a quicker villain and a simpler solution to persistent social problems such as violent crime.
    Donathan L. Brown, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • The new production will follow Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo from their comic book origins to becoming global pop culture icons, battling familiar villains along the way.
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • This makes your accounts much harder to break into, even if a criminal gets control of your phone number.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • And historically, denaturalization has been reserved for the most egregious offenders, such as human rights abusers and violent criminals.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • According to the department, at the time of the chase, Buban had multiple outstanding arrest warrants against him, including for being a felon in possession of a firearm, taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation and petty theft.
    Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The charges included felon in possession of a firearm, petty theft, driving or taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation, evading a police officer and failure to appear in court.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
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
Noun
  • That rogues’ gallery includes such reprobates as Maura Healey, the fake Indian, Ed Markey, Seth Moulton, crackpot leftist Juliette Kayyem… Percentage of contribution Summers made to Democrats: 100 percent.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Misdoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdoer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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