"wrongdoer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wrongdoers [plural]
Etymology: From wrong + doer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wrong|doer}} wrong + doer Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrongdoer (plural wrongdoers)
  1. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who does wrong): keqbërës [masculine] (Albanian), أثِيم [masculine] (Arabic), آثِم (ʔāṯim) [masculine] (Arabic), مُرتَكِب [masculine] (Arabic), مُذنِب [masculine] (Arabic), جانِي (jānī) [masculine] (Arabic), չարագործ (čʻaragorc) (Armenian), malfactor [masculine] (Catalan), malbonfaranto (Esperanto), väärintekijä (Finnish), pahantekijä (Finnish), malfaiteur [masculine] (French), malfeitor (Galician), Übeltäter [masculine] (German), Zuwiderhandelnder [masculine] (German), Zuwiderhandelnde [feminine] (German), Sündiger [masculine] (German), Gesetzesbrecher [masculine] (German), Abweichler (english: dissenter) [masculine] (German), gonosztevő (Hungarian), malintenzionato (Italian), malfattore (Italian), trasgressore (Italian), delinquente (Italian), malvivente (Italian), malefactor [masculine] (Latin), അപരാധി (aparādhi) (Malayalam), തെറ്റുകാരൻ (teṟṟukāraṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), चुकीचे काम करणारी व्यक्ती (cukīce kām karṇārī vyaktī) [masculine] (Marathi), malfaiteux [masculine] (Norman), malfactor [masculine] (Occitan), złoczyńca [masculine] (Polish), malfeitor [masculine] (Portuguese), злоумы́шленник (zloumýšlennik) [masculine] (Russian), злоумы́шленница (zloumýšlennica) [feminine] (Russian), malhechor [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
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      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
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      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
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      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
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      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złoczyńca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malfeitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennik",
      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zloumýšlennica",
      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злоумы́шленница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who does wrong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malhechor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrongdoer"
}

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