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

At the same hearing, a fifth defendant, Subhan Ahmed, 18, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assisting an offender.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Hisbah members also face widespread allegations of rights abuses in their enforcement operations, including subjecting offenders to dehumanizing punishments such as public beatings or shaming.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of offender

Noun

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
The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 May 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

Hailing from London as the son of hardscrabble fruit sellers, Winstone was often asked to channel his rough-and-tumble upbringing and pre-acting career as a boxer into mobster and villain roles.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Standing in his way is a mysterious villain intent on his destruction.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of villain

Noun

Lonnie Bierbrodt, a trucker and a felon on parole, was questioned early in 1993 and had blood and hair samples taken.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
He has been charged with murder, assault, and being a 10-time felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 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

Definition of wrongdoer

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