MISDOER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

misdoer

noun

Definition of misdoer

as in offender

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Noun

Sehnaoui's meeting with the Israeli leader occurred as some in Lebanon have called for abolishing a 1955 law that bans dealing with Israel or having contacts with Israelis and punishes offenders with up to 10 years in jail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Because of his previous felonies, though none for violent crimes, Pfister could now be defined as a habitual offender under Michigan law and faces prison.

— Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of offender

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In July, Roku made the city even more interactive with a new brand campaign that guides users to visit six themed areas featuring humorous promo spots, including a pirate ship, a volcano and a villain’s evil lair.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Still, bonus points for casting Chukwudi Iwuji as the menacing High Evolutionary, one of the oddest and most unsettling Marvel villains in recent memory.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of villain

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More than a year earlier, Arlington, Massachusetts sent four straight monthly payments totaling $446,000 to a criminal who had impersonated a real vendor and asked to switch from paper checks to electronic transfer.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Do not ignore a small charge because criminals sometimes use minor transactions to test an account.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of criminal

Noun

Navarrette was held without bail on charges of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Taron Ford, 41, was charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, psilocybin, and marijuana, as well as possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of firearms.

— Nathan Pilling July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

Definition of felon

Noun

Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.

— David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of reprobate

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