Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who does wrong, or commits wrongful or reprehensible acts; any offender against the moral law.
- noun In law, one who commits a tort or trespass; a tort-feaser.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who injures another, or who does wrong.
- noun (Law) One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who does
wrong , eithermorally ,ethically or incontravention of alaw
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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Examples
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The correction of the wrongdoer is a remedy which should be employed against a man's sin.
Fr. Benedict Groeschel blasts American Psychological Association 2009
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A wrongdoer is not legally obliged to make a public confession, or to alert people who may have claims against it, to get the benefit of a statute of limitations.
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We often take for granted that the wrongdoer is a hopeless case who sooner or later will "do it again," an attitude precluding that forgiveness from the heart which is necessary for true reconciliation.
The biggest stumbling blocks Mike L 2006
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_I answer that, _ The correction of the wrongdoer is a remedy which should be employed against a man's sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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_On the contrary, _ To correct the wrongdoer is a spiritual almsdeed.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Accordingly, such noxal actions are permitted only where the wrongdoer is a slave, and indeed we find it often laid down by old legal writers that sons in power may be sued personally for their own delicts.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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But terrible, truly terrible and heart searching for the wrongdoer is the message -- God does not curse thee: thou hast cursed thyself.
Town and Country Sermons Charles Kingsley 1847
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Unlike the FCPA, it has a "compliance defence" that allows a company to avoid the harshest penalties if the wrongdoer is a junior employee and the firm otherwise has a strict anti-bribery policy which is clear to all employees and effectively administered.
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The only thing that makes punishment punishment is if the wrongdoer is the one being punished.
open source theology - Comments Alario 2009
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The only thing that makes punishment punishment is if the wrongdoer is the one being punished.
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