transgressor

noun

Definition of transgressornext
as in offender

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressor
  1. criminal
  2. lawbreaker
  3. reprobate
  4. villain
  5. felon
  6. sinner
  7. wrongdoer
Noun
  • Cybercrime As retailers prepare for the big holiday rush — when shoplifters could also take advantage of crowds to ramp up — other kinds of criminals are at the back door.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Being in close proximity to Adams and the criminal as the gun went off, Jo and her unborn twins could also potentially be in danger.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Oakland is in the middle of one of its most turbulent times in decades, fueled by its mayor, Sheng Thao, who is being recalled next month by voters frustrated over crime, corruption, and a reluctance to hold lawbreakers accountable.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Oct. 2024
  • A lot of times, these bush-league but prolific lawbreakers basically got a warning, then another warning, then maybe a couple of months in county.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of lawbreaker
Noun
  • Imagine Millennial filmmakers asserting a new neorealism to examine the intimate, fraternal, and familial relations of those infamous Martin, Brown, and Floyd reprobates.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
  • All these years later, all of us remain just as torn about these enormously charismatic reprobates.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of reprobate
Noun
  • Just weeks after closing out an incredibly dominant year in music, Rihanna was cast by some fans and members of the media as the villain and endlessly harassed by those who felt Brown did nothing wrong.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • And thus is Cobra Kai Part 2’s biggest reveal with the return of a villain who has disdain for Kreese, LaRusso and Lawrence: the infamous Terry Silver (played by Thomas Griffith) and his ruthless Iron Dragons.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of villain
Noun
  • On July 11, Elmore pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Convicted of possessing a gun as a felon, Garcia was sent back to federal prison in 2022 to serve 15 months.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of felon
Noun
  • In between the two extremes of saints and (supposed) sinners were women who joined religious communities, dedicating their lives to the worship of God.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • And unlike many of those films, its avoidance of forgiveness as a simple fix in turn avoids shifting the responsibility of the sin away from the sinner to the victim.
    Robert Daniels, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • So there's a law firm in Seattle that has mounted a lot of very famous successful class action suits against large wrongdoers.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Local leaders say public pieces like murals and sculptures have the power to both beautify and protect the city by letting would-be wrongdoers know that a community is cared for.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of wrongdoer
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