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# wrongdoer

«wrongdoer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who does something bad or against the law** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wrongdoer, wrongdoers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#m1)

2) (Bible, formal) In older and church language, wrongdoers are sinners — people who do wrong in God's eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and law, wrongdoers are punished or must make amends; in ethics lessons pupils ask how to treat wrongdoers fairly — punishment, forgiveness, or a second chance. In stories the hero catches the wrongdoer. It is a slightly formal word; children more often say "the bad guy" or "the person who did it". Phrases: punish the wrongdoer, bring wrongdoers to justice.

### examples

- The police wanted to find the wrongdoer quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x1)
- The judge said wrongdoers must pay for the damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x2)
- In the story, the knight chased the wrongdoer through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x3)
- Jesus ate with sinners and wrongdoers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x4)
- Our teacher said the wrongdoer should own up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x5)
- Should a wrongdoer always be punished, or sometimes forgiven? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Made from "wrong + do + er". Verb phrase: do wrong (did wrong). Formal; in law the usual word is "offender" or "criminal".

### In the corpora

- [If someone is in danger or being hurt, you should go straight to a trusted adult rather than talking to the wrongdoer first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/14/)
- [Punishment can protect people, show that a wrong was serious and help the wrongdoer change.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/14/)
- [Restorative justice brings the wrongdoer and the person harmed together to put things right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wrongdoer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongdoer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.