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
They’d be put atop utility poles in white steel boxes with flashing blue lights — a clear warning to would-be wrongdoers.
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Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
North Carolina Attorney General Stein, joined by 23 other state attorneys general, filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in January, arguing that the Texas Two-Step threatens the power of states to enforce laws against corporate wrongdoers.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
The Justice Department carries out these sweeping health care fraud efforts periodically to help deter other potential wrongdoers.
—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
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Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
North Carolina Attorney General Stein, joined by 23 other state attorneys general, filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in January, arguing that the Texas Two-Step threatens the power of states to enforce laws against corporate wrongdoers.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
The Justice Department carries out these sweeping health care fraud efforts periodically to help deter other potential wrongdoers.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongdoer
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Murder on Music Row, an investigative podcast from The Tennessean, focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals.Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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A lot of criminals when confronted with the potential of being bitten by a police canine immediately surrender.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 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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Irrational self-belief is one of the reasons villains deeply resonate across culture, says Kevin Wynter, a professor of media studies at Pomona College.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Here the villain isn't a person but an incredibly advanced AI with the power to destabilize the world.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Wrongdoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongdoer. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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