Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.

    Get and keep wrongdoers out of your thorp (village).

    Übeltäter, Zuwiderhandelnder, Zuwiderhandelnde

    злоумы́шленникzloumýšlennik, злоумы́шленницаzloumýšlennica

    a person who transgresses moral or civil law

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Whoever spares the wrongdoers, offends the good.

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  2. A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

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  3. You're a wrongdoer.

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  4. The inscription reads: "Defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer".

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who does wrong:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who does wrong:

Origin

From wrong + doer.

From wrong + doer.

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Forms

plural: wrongdoers
Singularwrongdoer
Pluralwrongdoers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who transgresses moral or civil law:offender

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wrongdoer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto