wrongdoer

noun

ˈrȯŋ-ˌdü-ər How to pronounce wrongdoer (audio)
Definition of wrongdoernext
as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs anticorruption crusaders are going after wrongdoers at every level of the nation's government

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Recent Examples of wrongdoer And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers. — Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026 But critics of this effort say this internal mechanism fails to provide meaningful accountability and would protect wrongdoers from any future state bar investigation. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026 Anderson frames his argument largely in relation to the thought of thirteenth-century theologian Thomas Aquinas, who argued that Christians are generally obliged to directly confront someone who is behaving wrongly, and to do it in private to preserve the wrongdoer’s reputation. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2026 He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers. — Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wrongdoer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoer
  1. criminal
  2. offender
  3. sinner
  4. villain
Noun
  • More than a year earlier, Arlington, Massachusetts sent four straight monthly payments totaling $446,000 to a criminal who had impersonated a real vendor and asked to switch from paper checks to electronic transfer.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Do not ignore a small charge because criminals sometimes use minor transactions to test an account.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Sehnaoui's meeting with the Israeli leader occurred as some in Lebanon have called for abolishing a 1955 law that bans dealing with Israel or having contacts with Israelis and punishes offenders with up to 10 years in jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Because of his previous felonies, though none for violent crimes, Pfister could now be defined as a habitual offender under Michigan law and faces prison.
    — Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of offender
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
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • In July, Roku made the city even more interactive with a new brand campaign that guides users to visit six themed areas featuring humorous promo spots, including a pirate ship, a volcano and a villain’s evil lair.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Still, bonus points for casting Chukwudi Iwuji as the menacing High Evolutionary, one of the oddest and most unsettling Marvel villains in recent memory.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of villain

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