wrongdoer
Example Sentences
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In any event the wrongdoer has a strong “incentive to do better,” whatever course the victim chooses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Lance Bombardier Davis explained that Gunner Beck "didn't want to be seen as the wrongdoer", and feared she would receive "backlash" if he lost his job as a result.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
The whole point of punitive damages is to punish the wrongdoer.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2024
Like others who challenged Communist Party policy, he was largely erased from the official record, and he was sometimes painted as a wrongdoer for having spoken out.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Sentimental spinsters were invited to warn the lady typewriters of America that death and ruin inevitably overtake the wrongdoer.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
