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as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs
if good people stand by and do nothing, evildoers will triumph
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
Iago from Shakespeare's Othello became one of the most notorious evildoers in all of literature
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Recent Examples of evildoer
If the evildoers weren’t readily allowed access to the AI, the barrier to their dastardly ways would be stiffened.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
At least with a plot or a scheme there are bad actors to blame, evildoers to curse, enemies to get revenge on.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 30 June 2024
The same sentiment—which may also have helped explain the relentless communist promise to catch up with and surpass capitalism—helps Putin to direct blame for the widespread dissatisfaction with the state of affairs to foreign evildoers.
—Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016
Is all this devilishly playing into the hands of evildoers?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
At least with a plot or a scheme there are bad actors to blame, evildoers to curse, enemies to get revenge on.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 30 June 2024
The same sentiment—which may also have helped explain the relentless communist promise to catch up with and surpass capitalism—helps Putin to direct blame for the widespread dissatisfaction with the state of affairs to foreign evildoers.
—Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016
Is all this devilishly playing into the hands of evildoers?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoer
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Other potential responses focus on the perpetrators rather than the puppeteers, prosecuting the petty criminals who carry out acts of sabotage or, in the Baltic Sea, boarding and impounding the offending vessel, as Finland did recently, and following up with a court case.Tamar Jacoby, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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In her petition, Conley wrote that deploying CHP officers and Solano County sheriff's deputies to Vallejo could help address crime, serve as a deterrent to potential criminals and provide support to an overworked police force.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Along with beautification, local leaders say public art has the power to foster a sense of ownership among residents and let would-be wrongdoers know that an area is cared for.Justin L. Mack, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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According to Pelletier, the DOJ's approach often leaves individual corporate wrongdoers untouched, even when the DOJ says there's evidence of serious misconduct.Brian Mann, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
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One million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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The sacrament of Confession in Catholicism is one way to get sins pardoned, releasing the sinner from eternal punishment.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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This work, for me, brought to mind Giovanni da Modena’s extraordinary early-fifteenth-century fresco in Bologna’s Basilica of San Petronio depicting the devil and his demons eating sinners in hell.Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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This year there’s a new monster in the form of Atakhan, who does look quite cool, some changes to the early game objectives and some new boot upgrades, but that’s pretty much it.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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The major averages fizzled at the finish line last year, following a monster performance.Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Evildoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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