transgressor

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Noun
  • Holmes qualified for the reduced term under a 2023 rule change allowing first-time offenders to do less time for some non-violent crimes, according to an order issued Thursday by the federal judge who sentenced her in 2022 for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And many Democrats see it as an effort to curb more liberal prosecutors who have embraced restorative justice policies, including steering nonviolent offenders away from prison sentences or taking more lax approaches to drug offenses.
    Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • That convenience also gives criminals a perfect disguise.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Pinecrest police ends the Facebook post warning other neighbors in the area to stay vigilant, and for potential lawbreakers to stay far away.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In similar manner, the true lawbreakers when innocent folks were brought to our shores between 1808 and 1865 were not the victims themselves.
    Walter E Block, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 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
  • There are no villains—or maybe life, or growing up, or getting older, is the villain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His grandiose persona rubbed many the wrong way early on, earning him a villain label.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The weapons possession by a felon charge resulted in one year in jail, with credit for time served.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • They also were charged with being felons in possession of a weapon.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of my grandsons believes that his denomination is the only one and the rest of us are all sinners.
    Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Because lemme tell ya, there are new sinners inducted every day.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anderson frames his argument largely in relation to the thought of thirteenth-century theologian Thomas Aquinas, who argued that Christians are generally obliged to directly confront someone who is behaving wrongly, and to do it in private to preserve the wrongdoer’s reputation.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2026
  • He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers.
    Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Transgressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressor. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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