Wrongdoer
noun
A person who does something that is illegal or morally wrong.
The police are searching for the wrongdoer who broke into the house
Often appears as...
- identify the wrongdoer
- prosecute the wrongdoer
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Disapproving
noun
A person who does something that is illegal or morally wrong.
The police are searching for the wrongdoer who broke into the house
Often appears as...
- identify the wrongdoer
- prosecute the wrongdoer
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when discussing crime, often in news or legal discussions, to avoid implying guilt before conviction.
The alleged wrongdoer has not yet been proven guilty in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Morally Negative
Conveys a strong moral judgment; used for actions widely accepted as bad or harmful.
The community shunned the wrongdoer for his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Harm
Refers to someone who actively causes harm or trouble, rather than someone who passively does so.
A wrongdoer vandalized the public park last night.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when discussing crime, often in news or legal discussions, to avoid implying guilt before conviction.
The alleged wrongdoer has not yet been proven guilty in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Morally Negative
Conveys a strong moral judgment; used for actions widely accepted as bad or harmful.
The community shunned the wrongdoer for his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Harm
Refers to someone who actively causes harm or trouble, rather than someone who passively does so.
A wrongdoer vandalized the public park last night.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when discussing crime, often in news or legal discussions, to avoid implying guilt before conviction.
The alleged wrongdoer has not yet been proven guilty in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Morally Negative
Conveys a strong moral judgment; used for actions widely accepted as bad or harmful.
The community shunned the wrongdoer for his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Harm
Refers to someone who actively causes harm or trouble, rather than someone who passively does so.
A wrongdoer vandalized the public park last night.
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Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
All the great progress in this country with relation to our adversaries has come by going into the room. And it doesn't have to be an act of weakness. You can actually do far more to build an international coalition against a harmdoer or a wrongdoer by being in the room and showing to the rest of the world that that person, that regime,
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
All the great progress in this country with relation to our adversaries has come by going into the room. And it doesn't have to be an act of weakness. You can actually do far more to build an international coalition against a harmdoer or a wrongdoer by being in the room and showing to the rest of the world that that person, that regime,
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Quote examples
Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law. And we must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
A mob pelting pilloried wrongdoers with rotten vegetables would seem to have little in common with one doing the same with 140-character invective, except of course the most important thing: the belief that they are in the right, and are even doing good by making the object of their contempt feel really, really bad.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.
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Sally Yates
American Lawyer
At D.O.J., we don't want to go after the corporate wrongdoers simply as an end unto itself; we want to decrease the amount of corporate wrongdoing that happens in the first place. We want to restore and help protect the corporate culture of responsibility.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Police officers must act quickly to seize wrongdoers and obtain evidence while protecting themselves and bystanders. It is easy to second-guess their search-and-seizure decisions in a secure courtroom.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
In the final forms of moral disengagement, wrongdoers treat adversaries as subhuman animalistic, demonic beings. Expunging any sense of shared humanity eliminates moral restraints.
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Thiruvalluvar
Poet
It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
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Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
What is the point of the police if wrongdoers aren't afraid of them?
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Democritus
Greek Philosopher
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law. And we must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them.
Quote examples
Tom Junod
American Journalist
A mob pelting pilloried wrongdoers with rotten vegetables would seem to have little in common with one doing the same with 140-character invective, except of course the most important thing: the belief that they are in the right, and are even doing good by making the object of their contempt feel really, really bad.
Quote examples
James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.
Quote examples
Sally Yates
American Lawyer
At D.O.J., we don't want to go after the corporate wrongdoers simply as an end unto itself; we want to decrease the amount of corporate wrongdoing that happens in the first place. We want to restore and help protect the corporate culture of responsibility.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Police officers must act quickly to seize wrongdoers and obtain evidence while protecting themselves and bystanders. It is easy to second-guess their search-and-seizure decisions in a secure courtroom.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
In the final forms of moral disengagement, wrongdoers treat adversaries as subhuman animalistic, demonic beings. Expunging any sense of shared humanity eliminates moral restraints.
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Thiruvalluvar
Poet
It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
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Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
What is the point of the police if wrongdoers aren't afraid of them?
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Democritus
Greek Philosopher
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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