transgressor
3
7.7
- noun
- /trænˈɡrɛsər/
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transgresor
- Do you hear me, transgressor?
Examples
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If I turn back to the laws to be justified, then I make myself a transgressor again.
Blog text (16) -
Then, from this inference, they decided the amount of blame the transgressor deserved.
Academic text (1992) -
To make an example of this transgressor, to show the world...
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The way of transgressors is indeed hard.
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The hierarchy of the institution deems it more important to protect the transgressor than those who are totally innocent.
Blog text (32) -
Gal 2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
Blog text (16) -
They instantly fell upon any thief, any transgressor.
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In taking no action against transgressors within its ranks, the state has thus become an accomplice and a partner in crime.
Academic text (1996) -
Are you not all transgressors: Rich in the midst of poverty, housed among the homeless, fat when people are hungry?
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The judge sentenced the transgressor to community service for violating the law.
Synonyms
304
3.5
A person who has committed a crime or broken the law
161
6.8
A person who commits a crime or other serious wrong
22
8.4
A person who does bad things or breaks the law
19
5.1
A person who breaks a law or other rule
11
3.8
A person who does things that are against the law
8
4.3
A person who breaks the law or hurts other people
1
8.1
Someone who breaks a law or contract
1
8.6
A person who is more at fault than someone else
A person who breaks the law
A person who breaks the law, for example by theft or fraud
A person who openly breaks rules or shows no respect for people in charge
How Guilty
Surface Forms
Morphology
transgressor = transgress (transparent) = transgress + or
An agent noun formed by adding the productive suffix '-or' to the verb 'transgress'; the meaning 'person who transgresses' follows directly.
Etymology
Transgressor comes from the parts trans- ('across') and gress ('step'), the same 'gress' you see in progress. So, a transgressor is someone who 'steps across' a limit — that is, someone who breaks a law, command, or moral rule.