TRESPASSERS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

trespassers

noun

plural of trespasser

as in criminals

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Noun

That is what makes seemingly basic personal information so useful to criminals.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Pillay, 85, received the news while attending a forum in Nuremberg, Germany, where the trials of Nazi war criminals helped lay the foundations of international law.

— Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminals

Noun

Sincere Lanier, 22, is one of several offenders who allegedly stole from machines at Stella’s Place March 24 and Avenue Flower Shop and Wine Bar March 29, Oak Lawn police say.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Too often, special occasions can feel like an excuse to buy a new outfit; weddings are the worst offenders.

— Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of offenders

Noun

There’s no major wreckage here, nor is comeuppance meted out to the wrongdoers.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
The Native community had its own ways of punishing wrongdoers, but Stevens’ role was to protect her client’s constitutional rights.

— Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrongdoers

Noun

Yet, punishing such authoritarian lawbreakers for their domestic and international crimes is essential, in my view.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
The lawbreakers were gathered this day on a cliff and a nearby arch, a crowd of around 50 young people — 14- to 20-year-olds, mostly males.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of lawbreakers

Noun

What readers are saying The comments reflect a debate on the restoration of voting rights for former felons in Virginia.

— Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
The desire to protect victims and encourage trust in law enforcement is laudable, but do existing laws go too far in prohibiting cooperation with federal authorities regarding suspects of violent crime and felons in the country illegally?

— Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of felons

Noun

Researchers looked at a wide range of possible culprits behind neck pain, including demographic, occupational, lifestyle, postural, technology and psychological factors.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
The two-part November 13, Sonia’s Choice recounts the true story of a woman at the heart of the hunt for the culprits of the Paris terror attacks on November 13, 2015, who is now living in hiding.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of culprits

Noun

But con men and crooks operate in the same world as fixers, and journalists can be easy marks for a story that’s too good to be true.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
The crooks beat him savagely, at one point slashing him with a machete, while demanding his iPhone password, officials said.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of crooks

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