transgressors

plural of transgressor

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Noun
  • Some offenders already are barred, including those convicted of first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state.
    Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • An allegation last year by a provincial police commander that top officers and officials were colluding with organized criminals led Ramaphosa to announce a national investigation into police corruption.
    Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Roman emperors, sometimes urged on by the crowd, were known to grant pardons (to criminals) and freedom (to the enslaved) after an especially noteworthy performance.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • While body armor is legal for most Americans to own, felons with a history of violence are barred from possessing it.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Lawsuits against states' firearm rules The federal government generally only sets the floor for firearm use and transactions, regulating issues such as background checks, barring most felons from having guns, and establishing rules for dealer licenses.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 May 2026
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
Noun
  • And, hey, the league is better when there are villains.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • The festive, charming and energetic North American tour of the Broadway production is packed with as much nostalgia as new characters that are doppelgangers for the original series’ heroes and villains, and who often challenge our assumptions about their infamous families.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 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
Noun
  • Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Her message to the rest of us sinners is simple.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Transgressors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressors. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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