wrongdoer

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wrongdoer

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From wrong + doer.

noun wrongdoers

  1. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law. Get and keep wrongdoers out of your thorp (village).

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noun someone who does wrong

Españolmalhechor, malfechor (disused)
中文作惡者 /作恶者 zuò'è zhě, 為非作歹者 /为非作歹者 wéifēizuòdǎi zhě
हिन्दीपापी pāpī, विधर्मी vidharmī, अधर्मी adharmī, दुराचारी durācārī
Portuguêsmalfeitor
Françaismalfaiteur
DeutschÜbeltäter, Zuwiderhandelnder, Zuwiderhandelnde, Sündiger, Gesetzesbrecher, Abweichler
Italianomalintenzionato, malfattore, trasgressore, delinquente, malvivente
Русскийзлоумы́шленник zloumýšlennik, злоумы́шленница zloumýšlennica
العربيةأثِيم, آثِم ʔāṯim, مُرتَكِب, مُذنِب, جانِي jānī

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@misc{wrongdoer_2026,
  title = {wrongdoer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wrongdoer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}