wrongdoer
8
4.3
- noun
- /ˈrɔŋˌduər/
:
delincuente
- The judge sentenced the wrongdoer to five years in prison for his crimes.
- punish wrongdoers
- punishment for wrongdoers
- wrongdoer's conviction
In fact, this person is a worse wrongdoer than those who counterfeit the coinage.
- In fact, this person is a worse wrongdoer than those who counterfeit the coinage.
- Marshall must not be the total denial of the wrongdoers dignity and worth.
- And what we're trying to achieve isn't to punish wrongdoers, it's to stop people becoming wrongdoers.
- It's not in general, because it's not going to redirect anger against those who God is justly angry with the wrongdoers, right?
Examples
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Punishment in early America was designed to publicly humiliate the wrongdoer before the members of his or her community.
Academic text (1991) -
Legal remedies, therefore, attempt to restore the "moral status quo" in which victim and wrongdoer are, once again, on equal footing.
Academic text (2003) -
I may not be the one to be giving marriage counselling, but sometimes it takes a wrongdoer to show you when you're doing wrong.
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Collective security would be the means by which wrongdoers would be kept in check.
Academic text (1995) -
Given the proper information, they argued, the market could punish wrongdoers on its own.
Academic text (2009) -
First Corinthians five explains to us how we must avoid socializing or eating with the wrongdoer.
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Jane, I realize this is an unusual request, but if there is something illegal going on in this company, I need to know everything about it, so we can root out any wrongdoers.
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And what we're trying to achieve isn't to punish wrongdoers, it's to stop people becoming wrongdoers.
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We will help each other, support the oppressed, forgive the wrongdoers, and defend against any invaders.
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For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Academic text (2018)
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
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
151
4.0
A person who does things seen as morally wrong, often by religion
112
2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
104
1.6
A person who harms others on purpose or does wrong things
101
4.6
Something, often a person, that causes a crime, mistake or problem
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
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
15
7.5
A person who does bad things to hurt other people
11
3.8
A person who does things that are against the law
3
8.8
A person who breaks the law or does something wrong
3
7.7
A person who breaks a law or important rule
1
9.9
A man who behaves in a rude or dishonest way
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
Antonyms
How Bad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wrongdoer joins wrong ('not right') and doer ('one who does something'), so it means 'a person who does something wrong or illegal'.