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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Wrongdoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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