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
The Justice Department carries out these sweeping health care fraud efforts periodically to help deter other potential wrongdoers.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
Writing for the court majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the use of administrative law judges to make factual findings and legal conclusions deprives accused wrongdoers of their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2024
But, it can’t be ignored that there is a huge hole in the plan that would have been addressed by the Grieving Families Act; a reform to the state’s 1847 wrongful death law that holds wrongdoers accountable.
—Phara Souffrant Forrest, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
Patient diplomacy to compel the Taliban to turn over wrongdoers is the better choice.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2022
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
Writing for the court majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the use of administrative law judges to make factual findings and legal conclusions deprives accused wrongdoers of their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2024
But, it can’t be ignored that there is a huge hole in the plan that would have been addressed by the Grieving Families Act; a reform to the state’s 1847 wrongful death law that holds wrongdoers accountable.
—Phara Souffrant Forrest, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
Patient diplomacy to compel the Taliban to turn over wrongdoers is the better choice.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoer
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The film focuses on young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) — who's accidentally left home alone over the holidays — and his clever plans to outwit a pair of criminals trying to rob his home on Christmas Eve.Athena Sobhan, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Trump has said deportations will focus on criminals first, as immigration enforcement has since former President Barack Obama's presidency.Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps out of a shared sense of guilt, Oppenheimer yearns to give these sinners a chance to atone for their mistakes.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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There was a strongly confessional element to the TRC’s operation; sinners came to the hearings seeking absolution, and victims came seeking to forgive so they might be liberated from their pain.Sisonke Msimang, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
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Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Grinch bore a striking resemblance to Jim Carrey's version of the beloved Christmas villain.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Wrongdoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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