transgressors

Definition of transgressorsnext
plural of transgressor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressors
Noun
  • Speed cameras do not deter armed offenders, identify suspects or enable faster police response.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Several of the worst offenders were in their 30s.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many people copy cryptocurrency wallet addresses before sending digital currency, and those addresses can be valuable to criminals.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, chair of the council, said Monday that immigrants who aren’t criminals should be able to stay in the country, under certain conditions.
    Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Lawsuits help felons get their guns back A majority of the 22 individuals named in February by the attorney general had their rights restored after applying for full pardons at the department.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Of those arrested, 105 were convicted felons, and 61 were documented gang members.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 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
  • There are no villains—or maybe life, or growing up, or getting older, is the villain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But watching Ready or Not 2, which comes from returning directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, I was consumed with how quaint its characterization of its villains was.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers.
    Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For now, his office is limited to civil actions against wrongdoers and passing information to the receiver and state and federal prosecutors.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Subsequent comments and writings made clear Francis intended such wiggle room, part of his belief that God’s mercy extends in particular to sinners and that the Eucharist isn’t a prize for the perfect but nourishment for the weak.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Transgressors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressors. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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