TRANSGRESSOR Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

transgressor

noun

Definition of transgressor

as in offender

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Recent Examples of transgressor 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

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Noun

If the offender comes closer than a kilometre, the app notifies police; probation authorities will then call the victim to establish their safety and can dispatch officers to the area.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Tallman is named the victim in the report, but an offender isn’t mentioned.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of offender

Noun

Most crimes across Mexico went unsolved, and authorities sometimes appeared to be colluding with criminals instead of fighting them.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Keeping email, downloads and everyday web activity away from that machine reduces the opportunities criminals have to reach it.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of criminal

Noun

The lawbreakers were gathered this day on a cliff and a nearby arch, a crowd of around 50 young people — 14- to 20-year-olds, mostly males.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
My alderman’s office was sympathetic and advised me to take a photo of the lawbreaker’s license plate and send it to the Chicago Police Department.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawbreaker

Noun

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
They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of reprobate

Noun

Her bulging eyes, her piercing shrieks, her casual yet immaculately articulate cruelty all come together to form a cartoonish villain who’s also a commanding delight.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
The implicit villain in that critique was Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who refused to go along with changing the Senate rules, dooming many of Biden’s legislative ambitions.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of villain

Noun

Historically, that’s something that Salt Lake in particular has been good at showcasing given the intense situations that have bonded a group that, save for the felon, have almost all been on this ride since the beginning.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The report highlighted how lobbyists and brokers are charging felons up to millions of dollars to sidestep the traditional Justice Department clemency process, using insider access and social media influencers to push presidential pardons.

— Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of felon

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

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