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 disgorging profits is that you’re taking the ill-gotten gains away from the wrongdoer.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2024

But what about voting not for an accused wrongdoer but a convicted one?

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

Woe be to the wrongdoer who triumphs in such a case as this!

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop