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wrongdoer

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,254 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: wrongdoers

A wrongdoer is somebody who acts illegally or immorally. Punish the wrongdoer.

It covers both crime and mere wrong, which is why it appears in sermons and in law. A wrongdoer in law is the person who caused the harm rather than whoever pays for it.

Definitions of wrongdoer

  1. 1nounwrongdoerSomebody who acts illegally or immorally.B2+

    “The scheme punished everybody except the actual wrongdoer.”

wrongdoer is a person.

Where it comes from

From wrong + doer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

wrongdoer in the wild

  • A safer form involved a neighbour of the wrongdoer impersonating the victim while being carried through the streets.

    Charivari

  • A curse on the wrongdoer was written on tablets and offered up to the gods, who were asked to intervene.

    Apodyterium

  • The wrongdoer may not have foreseen the coming of a deliverer.

    Rescue doctrine

  • An account of profits is usually ordered where payment of damages would still leave the wrongdoer unjustly enriched at the expense of the wronged party.

    Equitable remedy

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.