| 单词 | wrongdoer |
| 释义 | wrongdoer (once / 17331 pages) n WORD FAMILY wrongdoer: wrongdoers USAGE EXAMPLESBut without judicial oversight, location tracking will not necessarily be limited to suspected wrongdoers. Slate(Nov 22, 2016) Meanwhile, prosecutors continue their pursuit of suspected wrongdoers, aided by information obtained from plea bargains. Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016) As a candidate she stressed her fights with big banks during the mortgage crisis, for-profit colleges that were financially exploiting students and environmental wrongdoers. Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016) n a person who transgresses moral or civil law Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper offender Ananias a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) Benedict ArnoldUnited States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) William H. BonneyUnited States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881) Alphonse CaponeUnited States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) Guy FawkesEnglish conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606) Jack the Ripperan unidentified English murderer in the 19th century Jesse JamesUnited States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882) Robert MacGregorScottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) St. Mary Magdalenesinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus Titus OatesEnglish conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705) John Wilkes BoothUnited States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) Lee Harvey OswaldUnited States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963) Jean LaffiteFrench pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) Sir Henry Morgana Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Bartholomew Robertsa Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Edward Thatchan English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Dick TurpinEnglish highwayman (1706-1739) Khayr ad-DinBarbary pirate (died in 1546) abuser, maltreater someone who abuses aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attackersomeone who attacks barrater, barratorsomeone guilty of barratry convicta person who has been convicted of a criminal offense beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickstersomeone who leads you to believe something that is not true delinquent, juvenile delinquenta young offender defector, desertera person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) transgressorsomeone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command malfeasantone guilty of malfeasance molestersomeone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities no-show, nonattender, truantsomeone who shirks duty culprit, perpetratorsomeone who perpetrates wrongdoing principal(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement backslider, recidivist, reversionistsomeone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior miscreant, reprobatea person without moral scruples sharka person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest pettifogger, shystera person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods evildoer, sinnera person who sins (without repenting) supplanter, usurperone who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another war criminalan offender who violates international law during times of war ambusheran attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliatorsomeone who takes vengeance beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolfa cruelly rapacious person bludgeoneran assailant who uses a bludgeon bluffer, four-flushera person who tries to bluff other people bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yoboa cruel and brutal fellow claim jumperone who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindlera person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlawsomeone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime decoy, steerera beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) deviationistan ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) dodger, fox, slybootsa shifty deceptive person betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timera person who says one thing and does another draft dodger, draft evadersomeone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve defalcator, embezzler, peculatorsomeone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use falsifiersomeone who falsifies finagler, wanglera deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods first offendersomeone convicted for the first time fondlera molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim counterfeiter, forgersomeone who makes copies illegally fortune huntera person who seeks wealth through marriage figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawmana person used as a cover for some questionable activity harasser, harriera persistent attacker dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretendera person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives iconoclastsomeone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions imitator, impersonatorsomeone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammera person who makes deceitful pretenses liar, prevaricatora person who has lied or who lies repeatedly magdalena reformed prostitute marauder, piranha, predator, vulturesomeone who attacks in search of booty misleadersomeone who leads astray (often deliberately) charlatan, mountebanka flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes night rider, nightridermember of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge obscurantista person who is deliberately vague degenerate, deviant, deviate, perverta person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior raper, rapistsomeone who forces another to have sexual intercourse renegadesomeone who rebels and becomes an outlaw sandbaggersomeone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you black sheep, scapegracea reckless and unprincipled reprobate sex offendersomeone who has been convicted of a sex crime shedder, spilleran attacker who sheds or spills blood slashersomeone who slashes another person stabbersomeone who stabs another person lapidator, stoneran attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill) two-timersomeone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else loan shark, moneylender, shylock, usurersomeone who lends money at excessive rates of interest utterersomeone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins walk-inan operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum wretchperforms some wicked deed bad person a person who does harm to others |
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