Wrongdoer

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Where the owner of the property and several insurers have⟳ rights of action for different portions of the value, all arising out of the same wrongful act, they may join⟳ in a single action against the wrongdoër.”

“With all due respect⟳ to Aaron, every era seems to have⟳ had its legion of wrongdoers and shortcutters who used whatever science was available to get⟳ an edge.”

“Usually it takes him too long going down the stairs from the roof to catch⟳ any misdeeder or wrongdoer, but tonight will be different.”

“From Tadros’s perspective — the perspective of classical utilitarianism — there is nothing objectionable about this moral lobotomy whereby a wrongdoer pops a moral anesthetic pill immediately after committing whatever atrocity one could imagine⟳ in order⟳ to avoid⟳ suffering — provided, that is, that she would “understand⟳” the wrongness of her actions.”

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