wrongdoer
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But that same right to sue doesn’t apply when the alleged wrongdoer is an employee of the federal government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
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
Tort law empowers private individuals to seek a remedy directly from their wrongdoer, whether that’s another private individual, a public official, or even states.
From Slate ● May 29, 2024
But what about voting not for an accused wrongdoer but a convicted one?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
The lord, by the help of his retainers, could bully witnesses and jurors, and wrest justice to the profit of the wrongdoer.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner