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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for evildoer 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoer
Noun
  • It’s widely expected that the administration will first seek to deport criminals who are in this country illegally.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The only difference is that instead of Cuban casinos, today's criminals use mixing services and cross-chain bridges.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His affinity for wrestling villains, or heels, adds another layer to his potential return.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • His villains include both Presidents Bush; his heroes stretch back to William McKinley but include Richard Nixon, who raised tariffs in response to low-cost manufacturing from Asia, and, Lighthizer insists, Ronald Reagan.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The same could be claimed in any case where a whistleblower reveals wrongdoing, knowing that this might have consequences for the wrongdoers.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Telling friends or relatives about the fresh face can also help, as varying perspectives can root out potential wrongdoers, according to the agency.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.
    Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Set in a new location with new monsters, Wilds introduces a new type of mount, new monsters, an improved wound system, focus mode, and a new tool called the hook slinger.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Evildoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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