Definition of immoralistnext
as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs among history's imperial immoralists, few can compare with the Roman emperor Caligula

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Noun
  • Data that appears to be compliance information to a regulator can appear to be a target list to a criminal.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Colorado attorney general oversees more than 700 attorneys and staff and manages legal manners spanning consumer protection, civil rights, criminal, water, constitutional and environmental law.
    Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • There are probably easier ways to mount a crime thriller steeped in gritty realism than centering it on a villain made of gas.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • That doesn’t mean Netherlands players are villains, or anything less than heroes for their country.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Independence Day celebrations come in the most challenging threat environment since 9/11, with the ongoing terror threat, a rise in political violence and continuing fears about lone-wolf offenders, according to Raia.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • There were also concerns listed in the analysis that the registry, which dates back to 1947, could include LGBTQ+ offenders from decades ago who were convicted of offenses that are no longer crimes.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.
    Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • The better approach would focus on reasonableness and negligence, where wrongdoers face accountability.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2026
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“Immoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immoralist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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