trespasser

noun

Definition of trespassernext
as in offender

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
  1. wrongdoer
  2. criminal
  3. sinner
  4. felon
  5. lawbreaker
  6. perp
  7. culprit
  8. malefactor
Noun
  • So there's a law firm in Seattle that has mounted a lot of very famous successful class action suits against large wrongdoers.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Local leaders say public pieces like murals and sculptures have the power to both beautify and protect the city by letting would-be wrongdoers know that a community is cared for.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrongdoer
Noun
  • The film focuses on young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) — who's accidentally left home alone over the holidays — and his clever plans to outwit a pair of criminals trying to rob his home on Christmas Eve.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Trump has said deportations will focus on criminals first, as immigration enforcement has since former President Barack Obama's presidency.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • In between the two extremes of saints and (supposed) sinners were women who joined religious communities, dedicating their lives to the worship of God.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • And unlike many of those films, its avoidance of forgiveness as a simple fix in turn avoids shifting the responsibility of the sin away from the sinner to the victim.
    Robert Daniels, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • Detectives can pull video from the gun store and review evidence for a potential arrest for charges such as being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating a restraining order or violating terms of bail, the inspector said.
    Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In most cases, those who do make these crossings face civil penalties, or removal, but they are rarely prosecuted as felons.
    Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of felon
Noun
  • Hochman said his office would specifically go after lawbreakers linked to gangs.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
  • But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of lawbreaker
Noun
  • But even if your name is one in a million, a perp could offer up that name to the police, perhaps with a fake ID.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
  • She was expected to survive the shooting as the perp remained at large.
    Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
Definition of perp
Noun
  • Then, the culprit—a Chihuahua—surfaces and dives straight back underneath the gray T-shirt.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Whittaker called out the culprit, former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, during his MMArcade Podcast.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of culprit
Noun
  • The season’s first two episodes created the impression that Masa’s former workplace would be a significant entity in the series, but it was quickly displaced by the yakuza, a more familiar, less interesting malefactor.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In her introductory speech, Amanpour foreshadows what’s to come, warning that malefactors with enticing narratives can only manipulate us because of our eagerness to believe them.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of malefactor
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