transgressor

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressor
Noun
  • The offender fled in a red SUV in an unknown direction.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • The program, which is likely to run in the afternoons or evenings, and would be open anyone looking to change careers, returning veterans and ex-offenders, Awwad said.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 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
  • 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
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
  • Her bone-chilling performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for best villain, beating out the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Mike Myers, Willem Dafoe and Colin Farrell in her category.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • This was my villain origin story.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 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
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026

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“Transgressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressor. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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